First Alfa run of the compressor based 5 ft Alfa

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In this pi the baby fish are jumping ahead of the coming predator like dolfins do in the ocaean ,very cool. The pic with the sunset is my favorate.

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This pond is huge and

This pond is huge and is in a very nice park here in Ocala .The banks are high on one side but total access and great shaded walkways and fasilities just a bit merqy now but later it does clear up a bit.The nice thing about this pond is the high banks that give you a great prospective of your sub.
There is a good place to lanch subs as well,some day we should check it out

[steveuk]

Splendid! Looks like a sports

Splendid! Looks like a sports car of the sea.

The sunset pic almost passes for real.. crop out the grassy bank and you could be looking at the real Mc Coy.

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Mast vedeo

The mast rises about

Mast vedeo

The mast rises about 7.5 inches ,and the lead falling off the sail was caused by the attack mast coming up.

Note the ruubber bands arond the sub ,they later hold the foam /lead pieces in place to ballance the sub.Works great!!

[steveuk]

That could give a duck

That could give a duck a nasty surprise!

Congrats on getting it working so well, nice smooth operation there.

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In the past few days

In the past few days I have added a auxillary 12 volt 3 amp hour battery located in the rear oft he ballast tank ahead of where the lead ballast used to be ,I needed to operate the solinoids on a seperate power supply becuase the switching was knawking the ESC off line somhow I could not find a cure it was intermittent and sometimes I had to reset the radio as well ,not fun.

So I cut open the belley of the sub at the right place for this battery to fit into at an angel due to the airbanks just above it and by a millimiters it fit! So now by remote control on the 9th chanel the auxillary battery can be engaged to run the main drive and the rest of the sub for a chort time just to get her back to port and to run the solinoids on a seperate powersorce ,sure beats the 3 lbs of lead that where in its place.Also a more powerfull pump was aded for the 3 main masts.

A special relay switches the batteries from main to aux or back again,and the same servo with microswitches oprates the nave lights.
The bat waighs the same by just luck I had the right size and if needed adjustments to ballance can be made.Always be sure that the battery is not too big to be counterballanced.

Amur Shipyard Dave

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The Alfa Den

Some great pics at the lake ,there are colverts there that a sub can fit into and I make them my basses of operation.

Also some lites have been added.

[steveuk]

Neat! http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_cool.gif

Neat!