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  • DrSchmidt
    Captain
    • Apr 2014
    • 919

    #16
    And done:


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    • DrSchmidt
      Captain
      • Apr 2014
      • 919

      #17
      Found some time during the last weeks to make some moulds......

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      • greenman407
        Admiral
        • Feb 2009
        • 7530

        #18
        So you have a problem with time also, seems Universal. Beautiful work. The WTC looks fantastic! First rate.
        IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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        • Albion
          Captain
          • Dec 2008
          • 651

          #19
          Is that the Engel BTS and pressure switch you are using? Where did your final pressure switch come from?
          Next time someone points out it takes 42 muscles to frown, point out it will only take 4 muscles to b1tch slap them if they tell you how mnay muscles you need to smile:pop

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          • DrSchmidt
            Captain
            • Apr 2014
            • 919

            #20
            The electronics is comparable to the Engel BTS but I got it from Norbert Brüggen (http://modelluboot.de/) together with the whole ballast system. The switch I got from a German online electronic vendor called Conrad Electronics, because the Brüggen one was too big for my purposes.

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            • DrSchmidt
              Captain
              • Apr 2014
              • 919

              #21
              I haven’t been lazy building, just lazy making photos of the build. Therefore, without many intermediate steps the current status of the Neptun build, my little fantasy boat.

              The moulds are done and I laminated the first set of grp parts from the first boat. The rest is a bit of resin and 3D-printed parts. The prop is from the Prop Shop:










              Neat little boat. Just the lower rudder is missing in the pictures.

              The deck is removable. The WTC ha progresses quite far:



              The rear part of the WTC is locked into two horizontal pins, which are glued into a grp bulkhead. Similar but vertical pins lock the deck into place:



              The bow section of the WTC is secured with a single M$ screw. Right in the front an additional vertical pin for the deck positioning:


              The stern tube was installed within 5 minutes:



              1,5 mm thick grp sheets provide additional alignment of the deck. The bulkhead in the bow section will hold the watertight servo for the bow planes:



              Thanks to 3d-printed parts from Shapeways the interfaces between the planes and the hull are perfect without the need for filling and grinding:



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              • DrSchmidt
                Captain
                • Apr 2014
                • 919

                #22
                Same for the bow planes:



                The sail is modern and simple:





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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                  Moderator
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 12253

                  #23
                  A good, sound design. And executed with your usual precision and rational. Don't know about the full-flying stern planes -- a bit much, me thinks. And it's been my experience that those 'water-tight' servos ... ain't!

                  David
                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • DrSchmidt
                    Captain
                    • Apr 2014
                    • 919

                    #24
                    What do you mean about "full flying stern planes"? And with respect to the servo....well, I did some research on the net and found some good feedback on SAVOX servos. So I'll give it an try.

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                    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                      Moderator
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 12253

                      #25
                      Originally posted by DrSchmidt
                      What do you mean about "full flying stern planes"? And with respect to the servo....well, I did some research on the net and found some good feedback on SAVOX servos. So I'll give it an try.
                      On full-scale, combat submarines you just don't see entire surfaces dedicated to pitch control (other than X-tails). Convention is a split between fixed stabilizer and movable stern plane. A variation is the Nautilus where you see the fixed horizontal stabilizers integrated into the stern tubes, with the stern planes just aft of the screws.

                      But, this is a 'fantasy' submarine, so it's your call, Andreas.

                      David
                      Who is John Galt?

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                      • DrSchmidt
                        Captain
                        • Apr 2014
                        • 919

                        #26
                        You are right. The rough dimensions were taken from this plan: http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/plans/Preveze_class.jpg
                        Stern planes with stabilizers.....I guess I went for simplicity here. I also skipped the stabilizer or guard on the lower rudder.

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                        • DrSchmidt
                          Captain
                          • Apr 2014
                          • 919

                          #27
                          After a few months break I used the warm weather to put 2 component primer on the boat. Wet grinding with 600 grade sandpaper and now I'm adding weldlines using Archer Fine transfer surface details. I'll also add some scribed lines and hatches.


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                          • DrSchmidt
                            Captain
                            • Apr 2014
                            • 919

                            #28

                            Photobucket changed their terms and now don't support 3rd party hosting for free users anymore. I guess, I'm not the only one affected. Nevertheless, all pics can be found here:

                            http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/MaschinenMusik/library/Neptune?sort=9&page=1

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                            • DrSchmidt
                              Captain
                              • Apr 2014
                              • 919

                              #29
                              So after a while I'm back working on this boat. It was pretty much done when I stopped, but looking at it today, I don't like the original ballast system anymore. It's based on a rubber sack that is filled and emptied by a peristaltic pump. When the sack is full the pressure in the feed line rises, triggering a pressure switch which then switches off the pump. Nice system, but well, I don't like the sack.

                              So I decided to replace the sack by a 3D-printed tank that vents into the wtc. Now how do we switch off the pump? There are two ways and I'm going to try both. First method is to utilize a float switch. There are tiny ones available for little money. I printed a housing for it and installed it behind the motor. When the tank is full, the housing of the float switch is flooded, the switch is toggled and the pump gets shut of. In addition I installed two gold pins that act as a water sensor. Same effect...shuts off the pump. Second method will be to close the tank by one of David Meriman's neat little float valves and again to shut off the pump by a pressure switch.

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                              • redboat219
                                Admiral
                                • Dec 2008
                                • 2735

                                #30
                                Good Day Doctor,

                                Can you expound more about your 2nd technique, using David Merrimans float valve with a pressure cut off switch. I assume the the float valve will be inside the tank and shuts off the water intake when the water level reaches a certain level ( like in a car's carburetor). What then trips the pressure switch?

                                You could try this https://youtu.be/T-qimkJsjBg
                                He also uses a peristaltic pump but instead of a bag he utilized a water tank with a floating piston that's free to move. When the piston reached the end of the tank it trips a microswtich cutting power to the pump.
                                Last edited by redboat219; 10-23-2020, 11:07 PM.
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