Kilo Conversion

[himszy]

Yup, another Trumpeter Kilo Conversion

Not that much progress planned on it till my HFM sub is finished (couple of weeks)

This sub will feature custom made piston tank controlled via stepper motor and scratch built piston tank controller, scratch built ESC controlling size 280 motor and either forward or rear working dive planes.

Details on piston tank system to follow.

Michael

Large servo at the front is where the electronics will be placed.

[raalst]

What WTC will you be

[color=#000000]What WTC will you be using ?
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[himszy]

I'll be making my own.

I'll be making my own. It will take a shape very similar to BDs one with the use of different size tubing. Both the tubing and the endcaps will be made of Acrylic - the tube 3mm thick the endcaps 12mm (2x6mm welded together).

I worked out that with the syringe being the largest thing in there it has a diameter of 39mm, the OD of the WTC will be 50mm leaving just enough space for wires and mounting etc, the width of the hull at the opening is 65mm. It's going to be a tight squeeze!

Michael

[gerwalk]

Not an expert on this

[color=#000000]Not an expert on this but]

[himszy]

Tube, prop, battery holders and

Tube, prop, battery holders and couplings all ordered today should come very soon.

I've been thinking about the planes and decided I'll be making the front planes operational with this cable, anyone know the correct name for it? It will work alot like the brakes on a bike.

Pablo,
I'll use lead shot glued together and wrapped in a balloon. I'll glue it together to prevent movement/shifting and use the balloon to prevent shorting in case of any exposed bits.

Michael

[turbobearcat]

After I finish my car

After I finish my car next month, I am so finishing my Kilo up..been putting it off for nearly 10 months now...(shame on me) and my pvc pipe WTC for my Seawolf...

Good luck and let us know how it looks!


Mark

[himszy]

Well I just ordered a

Well I just ordered a second Kilo and Seawolf (both trumpeter) so I'll be converting a Seawolf soon. The kilo will use RCABS while the seawolf will use a proportional piston tank.

Michael

[raalst]

another warning to the unwary

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[himszy]

Right well, having studied your

Right well, having studied your system and mine, compared the two and put everything back into the sub to check, I'm fairly confident I won't have to change my design. The syringe won't have that piston I'll make one myself out of acrylic, forgot to mention that. I've worked out the weight (of the piston) that will move will be in the region of 20-30g. Now I should be able to compensate for this with the front planes alone and so shouldn't make that much difference. Also I shouldn't need to use SMD should I need to though I can get it done. The reason for the stepper is so I can control the piston tank without the use of gears. A Stepper Motor Driver isn't that difficult to make though, only takes a couple of ICs. Also that piston was the widest I could get.

Michael