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As promised i did some digging in the archives, buckle up,here we go
I must mention all the work on the Bibers is done by my mentor, the only thing i did was bringing them back to live.
These are the mold derived from the Verlinden kit, he used them to make the glassfiber hulls
Those are the Bibers after i did some work bringing them back to live.
Just before i started opening them up
You can split them open by removing some small screws, the made a metal flange on both halves, used RTV to make a watertight connection
As you can see he placed some small gears to get some more torque from the motor, and used as a transitions to the height of the propulsion shaft, i suspect it is rated 3:1
He made some cradles to hold both servo's, one for the rudder and one for the divingplanes.
Those servo's where burned out, you can see the bulge at the bottom, the reason it happens is, to much voltage at the servo's, he used a batterypack rated 6V, those servo's are rated 4,8 V, i changed the packs to 4,8 V on both bibers, luckely the size of the servo's are allmost the same which i had in stock.
To lubricate the shaft he placed two nipples, by removing them both you can fill it up with some light oil,usually this is done once a year during maintenance.
View on the rearpart with both the rudder and divingplanes.
The Biber disassembled, as a ESC he used a old servo print, replaced them both by modern ESC's to get more control on the speed, he used a 6 channel receiver, to control both Bibers i can use channel1-3 for one biber and channel 5-6 for the other.
Replaced both servo's which i had in stock, they are clamped together with some small screws.
Inside both torpedo's are the batteries, for long storage you can unplug them, the same connection is used for charging, switching on the Bibers is done by a magnetic switch which is hidden in one of the torpedo's.
You can drive them for about 1 hr, more than enough time, they are dynamic divers and work surpricely well under water.
Manfred.
I must mention all the work on the Bibers is done by my mentor, the only thing i did was bringing them back to live.
These are the mold derived from the Verlinden kit, he used them to make the glassfiber hulls
Those are the Bibers after i did some work bringing them back to live.
Just before i started opening them up
You can split them open by removing some small screws, the made a metal flange on both halves, used RTV to make a watertight connection
As you can see he placed some small gears to get some more torque from the motor, and used as a transitions to the height of the propulsion shaft, i suspect it is rated 3:1
He made some cradles to hold both servo's, one for the rudder and one for the divingplanes.
Those servo's where burned out, you can see the bulge at the bottom, the reason it happens is, to much voltage at the servo's, he used a batterypack rated 6V, those servo's are rated 4,8 V, i changed the packs to 4,8 V on both bibers, luckely the size of the servo's are allmost the same which i had in stock.
To lubricate the shaft he placed two nipples, by removing them both you can fill it up with some light oil,usually this is done once a year during maintenance.
View on the rearpart with both the rudder and divingplanes.
The Biber disassembled, as a ESC he used a old servo print, replaced them both by modern ESC's to get more control on the speed, he used a 6 channel receiver, to control both Bibers i can use channel1-3 for one biber and channel 5-6 for the other.
Replaced both servo's which i had in stock, they are clamped together with some small screws.
Inside both torpedo's are the batteries, for long storage you can unplug them, the same connection is used for charging, switching on the Bibers is done by a magnetic switch which is hidden in one of the torpedo's.
You can drive them for about 1 hr, more than enough time, they are dynamic divers and work surpricely well under water.
Manfred.
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