1/96 Romeo - Wherefor art thou?

[bwi 971]

That is one good looking boat you got there Scott....congrads man.....I like the colors you used they do look very neat in the pool.

Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Todays dip in the pool. Its still a bit unstable but we are getting there.

https://youtu.be/iOHO28LlCg0

[HardRock]

Getting some weight and balance tips from Commander Dog earlier today.

[HardRock]

Time for action. I don't much like to lower hull mould so I'm going to do ir again. So far the thixo has just made this rubber runnier! Might take a number of coats to get to the right thickness.

[HardRock]

Beautiful Pond! I wish I had a something with that clarity nearby.

Its actually down about five feet. Its been extremely dry here this summer and I've been sucking water out of it like crazy to keep the orchard alive.

[HardRock]

Cap'n; I've been shovelling plutonium up this thing's arse all afternoon. I tell ye. She'll no take the pressure!

[598602G]

Mr Scott maybe it was the warp drive over heating mate

[RCSubGuy]

Beautiful Pond! I wish I had a something with that clarity nearby.

[HardRock]

There is a lot of debris in the dam at the moment. That said, both of the props are shrouded and should have been kept free of anything that might have jammed either one. The sub behaved very strangely when the bow servo gave up. When I pulled the SD it was warm and when I opened it I couldn't touch the ESC. I'll pull it all down today and replace the ESC and the bow plane servo.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Yep. There's not much room in there for anything. I'm seriously considering ditching the SAS setup and just going with gas. It will give me a small amount of extra room at the top of the SD that I can pack with foam and will allow a similar weight of lead to be put into the keel.

Strange happening with the ESC however. The boat just stopped; the ballast blew and it heeled over; the bow planes stopped working and then the main drive came back. Weird. When I opened it the ESC was red hot. Not sure what happened.

Is that a 2" SD, if so I installed that ESC. Did one of the propulsion motors/shafts lock up? There was a big-time shorting issue with the Mtroniks Marine-10's a few years ago -- for some reason the entire H-bridge would short resulting in a near explosion. Got to know why your ESC overheated. More dope required.

David

[HardRock]

Yep. There's not much room in there for anything. I'm seriously considering ditching the SAS setup and just going with gas. It will give me a small amount of extra room at the top of the SD that I can pack with foam and will allow a similar weight of lead to be put into the keel.

Strange happening with the ESC however. The boat just stopped; the ballast blew and it heeled over; the bow planes stopped working and then the main drive came back. Weird. When I opened it the ESC was red hot. Not sure what happened.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Looks like you got it under anyway. You need to further vertically distance the c.g from the c.b. Roll stability is marginal. Neat running boat!

David

[HardRock]

Took the Romeo for a run today. For some reason the Motronics ESC overheated and cooked the bow plne servo - so no diving below periscope depth. Rather strange really. Anyway here it is.

https://youtu.be/Zis3AlgWvF0

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You cant kill me, you don't even know where I live.............................OH Fiddlesticks, I gave him my address!!!!!

(cue the Whaa, Whaa, Whaa horns)

[greenman407]

That's the good news. Now, the bad news: he told me who I have to kill .... Mark!

David

You cant kill me, you don't even know where I live.............................OH Fiddlesticks, I gave him my address!!!!!