Albacore continued

[crazygary]

OH yeah!!

LiPos kick butt!!

[greenman407]

Thanks Kevin. The Albacore is the only holdout. With the Seaview, light weight was important to get as much freeboard as possible. Originally I used a 6 cell NIMH in the wet, slid into a compartment in the nose. Then I went to a Battery WTC. Then the 3 cell LIPO, in the WTC. The WTC with the 3 cell LIPO in it would actually float in the water by itself. With the NIMH, it would sink like a rock. That did it for me.

[greenman407]

I wasnt satisfied with the last pictures that I put up because I couldnt figure out how to get the flash to work on my new camera. There.....thats better. Ive got to tell you about this new camera.......soon. Sorry about the dust.

[crazygary]

"Nasty" looking sub!! I'm sure she commanded plenty of respect from any combatants!!!
Very sleek, and with that prop arrangement, pretty danged fast, too!!

crazygary

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I once examined the face of Mark's transmitter, the throttle stick had interesting notations.

From neutral up (the ahead side): Ahead-Slow, Ahead, Ahead-Flank, Flank, Puree!

From neutral down (the astern side): Back-Slow, Back-Full, Back-Emergency, All-Back-Mother ****er!!!!

Honestly.

M

[greenman407]

HA! Funny guy

[greenman407]

And another thing! The Subtek Albcore is made of a very thin plastic. The Revell/Moebius Skipjack is much heavier. At any rate, if I run this sub into something hard, the possibilitys are very real that I could lose it. Because, if the upper hull comes lose and comes off then all the foam that helps this thing float will be gone with it and it will never come up. The only thing holding the top on is that little screw(4-40) and the forward lip. Therefore I did this:

[greenman407]

I used a long 6-32 screw and a blind nut to hold it together right behind the Subdriver. To feed the screw and guide it to the blind nut I used a length of alluminum square tube that I opened the end up with a mandrel like a funnel. No fishing around, it goes right in. NO FEAR NOW!

[greenman407]

I fully intend to build one of the Phase 1 Albacores that Dave is working on marketing for us. Next question is, can I obtain a sail for the phase 4 and retrofit it on this boat? That way Ill have a working sail rudder to "mix" with the radio rudder control as well as manually. If so Ill document the results here.

[Slats]

I fully intend to build one of the Phase 1 Albacores that Dave is working on marketing for us. Next question is, can I obtain a sail for the phase 4 and retrofit it on this boat? That way Ill have a working sail rudder to "mix" with the radio rudder control as well as manually. If so Ill document the results here.

I have just given my ABS kit away (for beer money) at the Australian Sub Regatta. I'll be decking out my 3" SD soon in preparation for the GRP hull kit.
Get on with David.

J

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

No pressure. Huh, John?!.....

[Slats]

No pressure. Huh, John?!.....

To quote Marko Ramius: "When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his men were well motivated."

I have the excellent GRP parts I purchased from you and the SD so I'll just be needing the upper and lower hull, WTC saddles for a 3" SD, indexing lips.

Don't feel pressure David - look at it as opportunity. Its going to be freakin awesome.

[greenman407]

Hey! Wheres mine?

[Slats]

Hey! Wheres mine?

Indeed....you're going to be on a big winner here David. Build buddy build.

[greenman407]

I have been able to locate some super motors that I want to try. They are 550 ,12 volt motors that are supposed to have 70 inch pounds stall torque. WOW! They have a 1/8" shaft , but its only .3 inches long. Out of the question for the older 3.5" motor bulkhead, with external gerboxes. But I think it will work for Daves newer style 3.5" motor bulkhead with internal Gearboxes. Some green sleeve retainer will hold the small drive gears on those short shafts, Im sure. Ill order them tomorrow and when they get here Ill test them. If I like them, Ill order more.