212A Arkmodel build

[seahorse]

Did Don give you the

Did Don give you the keys to his pool while he is away ? If not i have a kiddie pool i can bring over !!! Keep up the great work, the 212 looks great

[bigdave]

Ha!! http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_lol.gif
He did call

Ha!!
He did call me this morning. They visited the Mighty Mo yesterday.
I just have to switch to the bathtub.
I can do the surface trim in my test tank but the deck is still sitting 1" above the water when the keel is on the bottom.
She has a lot of mass!!! BD.

[bigdave]

Well I got the basic

Well I got the basic ballasting done. It took 42 OZ of lead shot.
It is installed in the keel in three Lexan tubes.
This way I can easily remove them and even change the amount inside to adjust trim.
The larger one goes up front and the two smaller ones go on either side of the battery tube.
The cylinder carrier tube holds the ballast tubes as well as the battery tube in place when it is slid in. BD.

[bigdave]

Hi John,
I was not

Hi John,
I was not sure if that was a question or a statement?
I do have my batteries in a tube for this model.
It uses the A123 3400MA cells. BD.

[bigdave]

That is the best place

That is the best place for batteries if you can do it.
You usually need weight in the keel anyway, it may as well be batteries. BD.

[bigdave]

Here are a few funny

Here are a few funny videos of the 212A testing. BD.

[bigdave]

The next video. BD.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r260/Jsps54/th_Movie-1.jpg

The next video. BD.

[wlambing]

BD,

Thanks for the videos!!!!

BD,

Thanks for the videos!!!! Looks like the same afflictions we've been having down this way! "..endevour to persevere." Ch. Dan George, The Outlaw Josey Wales

[boss subfixer]

And all this time I've

And all this time I've been doing things the hard way and using a wrench. Thanks Dave for that very valuable lesson.

[bigdave]

No problem Don. http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_biggrin.gif
Always

No problem Don.
Always ready to pass my infinate wisdom over to you Subron-4 boys.

Hope you had your boots on. BD.

[steveneill]

Ahahahahaha!!!! Too funny. Is it

Ahahahahaha!!!! Too funny. Is it done yet?

Steve