Seaview

[greenman407]

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[greenman407]

Well done, Mark. You have worked long and hard to get to this point. Success! You have tamed the Beast, sir. Well done. Excellent photography too. Man, that thing looks so neat running submerged. We gotta hook-up one of these days, pal.

David

COOL! Thanks Dave. While we are handing out compliments, you sir have been there to help me with each and every project. Without that help I probably would have stopped with the subs by now. As it is I see no reason to stop building and modifying. Thanks again!

[greenman407]

I dont quite understand what happened...................exactly................ ....well sort of. You see I dont have this particular sub fitted with a lipo guard. Well, it started slowing down and then stopping. Just like a Lipo guard would cause it to do. Got back to the house and hooked up the Lipo to the charger and it was right at 3 volts per cell, right about where a Lipo guard would shut it down. In this sub I have two Mtronics 20 amp ESCs but their website says that this ESC is not Lipo safe. Then there is the UPC pitch controller but I dont see how that could interupt power to the ESCs. Then the 5 amp Caswell BEC but the same with that. Finally the Sombra SL-8 same with that. So it must be that the Mtronics ESCs are shutting this thing down at 3 volts per cell even though its not advertised to do so.
Also I had a small leak that I couldnt find in the subdriver. Well I finally found it. The two screws that hold the motor plate on to the rear bulkhead. They go all the way thru to the outside. Water was slowly creeping in there. Ill get those stopped up for next time. A very sucessful outing. Ill get those videos up one at a time over the next couple of weeks. CHEERS!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Well done, Mark. You have worked long and hard to get to this point. Success! You have tamed the Beast, sir. Well done. Excellent photography too. Man, that thing looks so neat running submerged. We gotta hook-up one of these days, pal.

David

[greenman407]

Here are a few visitors that I received today at the sub pond. I forgot the names but the man works at the Jewelry store overlooking the pond. He said that he has seen me out there before. Since he is such a Seaview fan, when he saw that was what I had brought with me today, said he just had to get a closer look. Then, later he returned with his big black friend. I am terrible with names but hes definitely a Great Dane. Both were very pleasant with many well wishes and a few questions. I want to thank my brother Perry for being there to do the photography. Thats him there on the left in the second picture with the blue shirt. The ducks were none too pleased but they didnt make a fuss.

[greenman407]

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[greenman407]

How did it go? I am very pleased! First..........speed. She really moves out now. No, its not a Skipjack or a Albacore but it was very impressive. You will see that in some of the videos. As far as the ability to set her depth, she stays put right where I set it. No up and down garbage. My right joystick on the radio is detented on ch.2, the one I use for the dive planes. Just one click and it moves a proportional amount. I can set the control so that the base of the periscope is visible. Just one click down and the middle of the scope is visible.One more click and the scope just barely disappears. In my view this is excellent control. And the best part is.....set it and forget it. Except in the turns. When you take a turn when submerged, it wants to dive, so you have to haul back on the ch.2 stick to keep it in sight.
As far as reduced radius, yes ,it is much tighter. So here are a few shots from the outing. Ive got quite a few videos to go thru and get them up on Youtube, before I can post them.

[trout]

Mark,
That was a teaser, you left us hanging.....And how did it go?
Peace,
tom

[greenman407]

Gentlemen, at long last, I have fulfilled my recent promise to get her back into the water. I used to live in Clearwater, only a couple of miles from my favorite Submarine/Duck pond. Well, that has all changed. Since my divorce, I now live in Zephyrhills, about 60 miles away from that pond. So getting all packed up and over there, is not as easy as it used to be. Therefore, I only go once in a while.
Todays trip was to test three things:
(1) the boats speed with the new motors
(2) to test the new ADF mounting system, recently moved up into the seperate WTC that houses the battery. We were looking for much improved periscope depth keeping
(3) reduced turning radius due to modifications to the rudders.

[Kazzer]

I heard of that guy, brilliant man, but some say he went bonkers and wore pink shorts,smeared chocolate on himself and ran into the water singing "I am a mermaid, I am an artist, you can call me what you like" or something to that affect!

[HardRock]

Send video - I have the money!!!

[trout]

I heard of that guy, brilliant man, but some say he went bonkers and wore pink shorts,smeared chocolate on himself and ran into the water singing "I am a mermaid, I am an artist, you can call me what you like" or something to that affect!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I'm surrounded by idiots!

[Kazzer]

Never heard of him! Sounds suspicious though!

[greenman407]

I ran across a couple of pictures of a beautifully done Seaview. I thought that it wouldnt hurt to post them here. The pictures say that it was built by a Dave Merriman. I got nothin......doesnt ring a bell. Anybody know who this cat is?