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I am currentyly building a Engle Typhoon my secound one in some 12 years but this one is a bit more capable to be more realistic.
In the pictures the dive plane mechanism is retracted and deployed by a hydraulic system made of Legos and syringes the system is outlined in the new products forum.
What is also interesting about this mechanism is that I made it entirely from brass compretion fittings and is very inexpensive.
A "T" fitting is screwed into an elbow one that has ben drilid thrugh for a ssteel shaft to pass thrugh and is epoxeed in place in side of the T .This makes a pivot and a bearing for the planes shaft.Since only a 1/4 turn of the T fitting is required to deploy or retract the planes a very smooth bearring is made by the threads themselfs.Then a slotted brass end cut from another fiiting is souldered onto the end of the planes shaft also made of ssteel 3/16 dia.This slot later is where the dive plane actuator yoke slides onto this gruve so as to make a sliding connection ,just like Engles set up.The nice thing is that no electronics or switches nor long actuating screws passing thrugh the pressure hull are neccesry and at a fraction of the cost.
The 2 assemblies of the left and right dive planes are then souldered in place with another type of T fitting via a K and S tube then the hole assembly is mounted or epoxeed into the exact operating position and the hydraulics installed and thats it .It took me about 8 hours to complete and well worth it,very smoth and realistic operation repeted again and again.
This is one of 3 circuits that make up the hydraulic system of this sub and all are controled independantly from 2 channels!Masts and missle doors. Later up to 6 will be available once a 360 degree servo is inctalled,for the rotary selector valve.Also this sub has retracting and rotating positioning pods ,they also are operational on my sub but are controled mechanicly again using Technics Legos.Note the OtterBox for the servo,small and robust well made box!
Check out how it works in the new products forum, and make your sub do more!
Dave
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In the pictures the dive plane mechanism is retracted and deployed by a hydraulic system made of Legos and syringes the system is outlined in the new products forum.
What is also interesting about this mechanism is that I made it entirely from brass compretion fittings and is very inexpensive.
A "T" fitting is screwed into an elbow one that has ben drilid thrugh for a ssteel shaft to pass thrugh and is epoxeed in place in side of the T .This makes a pivot and a bearing for the planes shaft.Since only a 1/4 turn of the T fitting is required to deploy or retract the planes a very smooth bearring is made by the threads themselfs.Then a slotted brass end cut from another fiiting is souldered onto the end of the planes shaft also made of ssteel 3/16 dia.This slot later is where the dive plane actuator yoke slides onto this gruve so as to make a sliding connection ,just like Engles set up.The nice thing is that no electronics or switches nor long actuating screws passing thrugh the pressure hull are neccesry and at a fraction of the cost.
The 2 assemblies of the left and right dive planes are then souldered in place with another type of T fitting via a K and S tube then the hole assembly is mounted or epoxeed into the exact operating position and the hydraulics installed and thats it .It took me about 8 hours to complete and well worth it,very smoth and realistic operation repeted again and again.
This is one of 3 circuits that make up the hydraulic system of this sub and all are controled independantly from 2 channels!Masts and missle doors. Later up to 6 will be available once a 360 degree servo is inctalled,for the rotary selector valve.Also this sub has retracting and rotating positioning pods ,they also are operational on my sub but are controled mechanicly again using Technics Legos.Note the OtterBox for the servo,small and robust well made box!
Check out how it works in the new products forum, and make your sub do more!
Dave
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