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Greetings all. First an introduction, I am new to R/C submarine-ing, meaning my fleet is composed of a single Albacore currently sitting in ‘the Yard’ just finished installing the bulkheads in the pressure hull, and am working on fleshing out the tail cone ( going with the stock Phase 2). The rest are Targets, two Aussi II sailboats a criss craft and two “turbo Veeâ€s
That aside I’m also a bit of a brainstorm-er, coming up with odd idea’s for systems and build up’s most not coming to life due to lack of fiscal backing. I wanted to share some of my ideas with the community, maybe some one would like to try them out.
The first I call a “crash dive generator†I kind of based this idea on the footage I’ve seen of subs when they need to do a quick dive and all the free crew run to the bow compartments. It struck me when I was looking at the design of a “piston ballast tank†would it be to improbably to mount some of the ballast on a length of full thread. Attach the full thread to a small motor controlled by a ballast pump speed controller (independent of the palest pump) set some lock nuts on the full thread to limit the motion of the weight and use a guide to keep the weight from free spinning. The goal is to upset the balance of the craft to “crash dive†defiantly not a system to try on the Albacore as it is not a deep diver.
another other idea is more of a question. Has any one tried to make “unlikely submersibles� this idea came from a combination of the latest Harry Potter film and the Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Basically I’m thinking of an ‘inexpensive†plastic model of a Gallon or other ‘tall ship’ full rigging (minus sails) that ‘at the flip of a switch’ has the masts flatten back and goes under. Probably would be a DIY hull as it would be a bear to A) find a plastic “tall ship†B) give it sub water line control surfaces.
Finally (for now) vacu-formed hulls; I know the argument against vacu-formed WTC’s but what is wrong with vacu-formed hulls? Pretty simple rig to construct, Follow the link to a page I found a while back. Still have this particular project on back burner (I think it would rock for paint-ball) http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/stormtrooper/
Any way, thank you for your time. Member ship with the committee is merely a paycheck away
That aside I’m also a bit of a brainstorm-er, coming up with odd idea’s for systems and build up’s most not coming to life due to lack of fiscal backing. I wanted to share some of my ideas with the community, maybe some one would like to try them out.
The first I call a “crash dive generator†I kind of based this idea on the footage I’ve seen of subs when they need to do a quick dive and all the free crew run to the bow compartments. It struck me when I was looking at the design of a “piston ballast tank†would it be to improbably to mount some of the ballast on a length of full thread. Attach the full thread to a small motor controlled by a ballast pump speed controller (independent of the palest pump) set some lock nuts on the full thread to limit the motion of the weight and use a guide to keep the weight from free spinning. The goal is to upset the balance of the craft to “crash dive†defiantly not a system to try on the Albacore as it is not a deep diver.
another other idea is more of a question. Has any one tried to make “unlikely submersibles� this idea came from a combination of the latest Harry Potter film and the Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Basically I’m thinking of an ‘inexpensive†plastic model of a Gallon or other ‘tall ship’ full rigging (minus sails) that ‘at the flip of a switch’ has the masts flatten back and goes under. Probably would be a DIY hull as it would be a bear to A) find a plastic “tall ship†B) give it sub water line control surfaces.
Finally (for now) vacu-formed hulls; I know the argument against vacu-formed WTC’s but what is wrong with vacu-formed hulls? Pretty simple rig to construct, Follow the link to a page I found a while back. Still have this particular project on back burner (I think it would rock for paint-ball) http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/stormtrooper/
Any way, thank you for your time. Member ship with the committee is merely a paycheck away
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