Search for the perfect rescue boat!

[crazy ivan]

Just git 'er done. The

Just git 'er done. The need for rescue is just over a week away.

[bigdave]

Yada Yada Yada!!! http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_lol.gif
It

Yada Yada Yada!!!
It will be there.
Ready to rescue all in distress!! BD.

[seahorse]

looks good Sparky ! Keep

looks good Sparky ! Keep up the good work !!!

[bigdave]

Thanks Steamboy!
I am taking it

Thanks Steamboy!
I am taking it over to Don's tomorrow for painting. He said I could use his booth. BD.

[Larry Kuntz]

Hope you can keep the

Hope you can keep the prop on this rescue craft. The last one sounded like a sound effect from a Buck Roger's movie. I do wonder what planet that ducted fan prop landed on

[bigdave]

If the boat was pointing

If the boat was pointing the other way it could have been Uranus

That was way too tempting. BD.

[bigdave]

Well for all but the

Well for all but the superstructure, do dads, and ballasting she is done. Or maybe I should say functional.
Added my halfassed paint job. Looks OK from 3'. Ha!!
I will add the extra lead this week and this weekend she will be crusing in the YMCA pool.
The cameras will be rolling. BD.

[crazy ivan]

Looking very nice, BD. In

Looking very nice, BD. In keeping with the tradition of your past such efforts, I have made a prediction or two (or three).
These predictions are safely in Mr. K's electronic vault, where they are duly timestamped for later verification. Once sea trials have been completed, all shall be revealed!

[Larry Kuntz]

Actually the predictions are keep

Actually the predictions are keep on Funk and Wagnel's doorstep in an old mayonnaise jar. This is tradition, says the Great Karnak

[bigdave]

See what it is like

See what it is like being the Commodore of the 8-balls!!
You always have to be on your toes.
Least one of your good friends torpedo you. BD.

[JWLaRue]

...only one? http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_lol.gif

-Jeff

...only one?

-Jeff

[bigdave]

Tell me about it!! http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_lol.gif

Tell me about it!!

Well I took another video. This one in the tub. My camera is not good in low light but you can still see how manuverable she it.
I do need a few more OZ of ballast in the stern.
Check out my sliding reverse Bat-turn at the end.
I took a photo of the battery and ballast weights. I put lead shot in two lexan tubes for the weight. BD.

[bigdave]

I got an email from

I got an email from Rick Teskey woundering now that I have the tug how do I intend to push the sub.
Well!! Here is my idea.
I ordered some strip and block rubber from McMaster.
I am going to run two rubber strips around the sids of the hull and install a push bar on the bow. You can see in the photo the bar on the logging tug model I based my build on.
On the real tug this is used to grab and push the logs in the water.
Mine will be made from a solid piece of simi-hard rubber that I will cut the teeth in just like the one on the real tug. I am hoping the rubber teeth will grip the sub or boat being pushed. Time will tell. BD.

[Guest]

Re: Search for the perfect rescue boat!

It's alive! It looks like it's trying to escape from the tub. Good job. I'll call you when my sub gets into trouble.

[JWLaRue]

Re: Search for the perfect rescue boat!

I think Little Toot moved the tub a bit!

-Jeff