Arkmodel WTC

[nzkilo]

Hi,

Does anyone have one of the arkmodel WTCs? Any close up pictures out there?

[nzkilo]

Hasn't anyone taken the plunge

Hasn't anyone taken the plunge with one of their pressure hulls? (no pun intended).
Sadly the website is quite limited, I think they would get more business with more detail / pics etc.

[subkraft]

arkmodel wtc

I have. Went to China at Christmas and went down there to visit. Very interesting day, a real adventure. Came back with wtc kit and they sent hull down to Aus later.

WTC now just about finished, gone together pretty well. Uses a pump to fill a bag fed thro a solenoid valve. Wtc is all cnc cut nylon, all a good fit.
They can supply a pretty nifty reversing switch that runs straight out of the receiver to operate the pump and its a 12 volt system.

My kit was a pre-production item, it was good of them to let me have it. I've made a few changes to suit myself. I replaced the supplied solenoid valve, the supplied pump just couldn't pull enough water thro it, bag filled very slow and the pump got hot. Changed the prop shaft arrangement, kit supplied with a seal and instructions not to run out of water....I put in a more conventional stern shaft.

Overall I thought it was a good kit and reasonably priced. The Chinese characters engraved into the endcaps labelling the plug holes are pretty cool too....

[nzkilo]

thanks for the info.

I hope

thanks for the info.

I hope the pump on my WTC is up to scratch. I haven't purchased any reversing switches yet - I'll take a look before I invest more

[subkraft]

wtc pump

The pump as supplied is really good. The problem I felt was the solenoid, the valve opening inside was just too small. Replaced with a nylon bodied valve, I carefully enlarged the internal ports and it works fine.

[nzkilo]

Do you have any images

Do you have any images you could post?

[subkraft]

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1806/74076044.th.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9950/86651069.th.jpg

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7457/28717705.th.jpg



...okay, here's a couple as









...okay, here's a couple as a first go at uploading images to here.
pix show kit as provided with the exception of the ballast inlet tubes which was a rough up. But should give an idea of the construction etc.....

[nzkilo]

Hi,

Am I correct that you

Hi,

Am I correct that you have the single tank WTC?

[subkraft]

.....yes, if you mean just

.....yes, if you mean just the one ballast bladder.