1/72 nautilus sea trials

[boatbuilder1]

wow I finally have a operational boat after bein gin the buisness for 5 + years now what a miralce sny ways
dropped itin the tub and it sank like a rock darn
but no leaks in the homade wtc wooo whooo
stuffed as much foam as I could in the upper hull and it still sank like a rock doh!
stuffed as much foam in the bottom hull as I could and dropped in again and to my amasment it was decks awash wooo whooo
still a bit bow heavy though as the 6 cel nicad is hanging out there in fron tof the wtc no other room for it
I will have to get a 6 cell AA sized ion battery then retrim

but hey now I can take it to florida with me and show off at the disney resort wooo whoooo
I think I will write and article on how she was built

thanks for listening ca

[wadester13]

congrats to you! I am

congrats to you! I am still working on mine. Hopefully have it in the water by the end of the summer.

[boatbuilder1]

thanks Ittook my a year

thanks Ittook my a year to get it this far hope yours fairs better
I had to pack it full of foam and I mean pack it full to get it at decks awash

ca

[boatbuilder1]

well I have to say

well I have to say it was fun but dissapointing
I used the pool we had at our village on the disney resort
the boat handled well and speed was nor over scale even with a stock 550 mabuchi direct drive in a homemand 2 " wtc
no ill affects while using the 7.2 vlt pack the litghts were fantastic but no dives she would try like keck to dive but the prop sticks up ou tof the water and just churns up the water and a reverse dive she goes under like a rock so now I have to retrim and try again I added a few small tabs of lead to the aft end and one under the wtc as she was prone to roll in turns hope I get better responce this time around
also I am torying with the idea of a smaller battery pack of my own design still 7.2 but 1800 mh sub AA size (camera size ) rechargables
wish me luck

[bob the builder]

Keep us all up to

Keep us all up to speed. I'm very interested in what you come up with. I'm planning on continuing with my TI Nautilus as my next project. I've got the design all worked out, but since you're getting there first, maybe I can learn from your successes...


Thanks,


Bob