British T-class

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I obtained a picture of the suspected Caswell delivery service vehicle: :D LOL :D

[Kazzer]

I just HATE it here! Doing my mail on the beach just before we saunter down to the Tiki bar. It's SO nasty, actually rained for two minutes today!

I sent the T plans to Copy Max and they should be shrinking them and mailing them to you Rick. I guess I'll have to bug them when I get back, sorry!

Well, enjoy your day guys. Can you just smell that lovely briny sea?

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:rolleyes:I knew my SA remark about the Slow-boat would wake you up. :D
I'm not worrying about the drawing, Too much. ;)
We hope you're Really enjoying your 'Time-off'.
David is doing a good job of Keeping us out of Trouble. I'll drink to THAT!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I just HATE it here! Doing my mail on the beach just before we saunter down to the Tiki bar. It's SO nasty, actually rained for two minutes today!

I sent the T plans to Copy Max and they should be shrinking them and mailing them to you Rick. I guess I'll have to bug them when I get back, sorry!

Well, enjoy your day guys. Can you just smell that lovely briny sea?

Enough of this crap ...

... I'm taking a collection: chip in and I'll hire a local hit-man to take Mike out, right there on the beach!

(do professional assassins accept pay-pal?)

David,

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Maybe you could arrange for a 100 foot Wave to hit the beach. I'll drink to THAT!
Just tryin' to be Creative! ;)

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I just realized why the British T-class Looks so interesting to me. It looks like some pre-historic Sea-creature with large beaked head, with sinister eyes. Really Mean and tough lookin'.
No I'm not Loosin' it! :rolleyes:

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I was trying to figure a way for 1 servo to launch 2 torpedos, so I could put 4 torpedos on the 2 available servos, but just don't think it would be reliable. Too much chance of false triggers, with so little servo travel required to trigger them, with that set-up.
So I'll install 2 in the upper bow tubes (Sinister-Eyes), for my first try at this. If I can get 2 to function reliably I'll be Happy. :D
I have designed a way for 1 push/pull rod to both cock and trigger them, with a single small spring in each tube assembly, if the servo has enough torque to overcome the force of the spring. :) I think it will, but don't know until I try.
I'm going to make the launch tubes with 1/2" diameter and the torpedos with 7/16". I've not calculated how close that is to 1/48th scale, but those are available sizes and fit the hull openings well, so they'll have to do.
I've ordered some tubing and springs, so should be able to make some parts soon.I'll drink to THAT!

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I could not find a piece of blue-foam large enough to make the flotation for the T-class, so had to use the dang Pink stuff.
I hate Pink submarines so now I'll have to find something to hide it? I doubt I can find a paint that's durable but won't Melt it, so will probably have to use something else?
I was thinking about attaching some black plastic sheet to exposed surfaces with RTV, but there must be a better way?
Maybe a Water based paint would work, but may not be durable enough, I'll try a test sample of that tho.
Anyone have any ideas for a good, easy, inexpensive coating that won't Melt the polystyrene-foam???

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I found a picture of a great Tally-ho model.
I didn't realize how popular the Tally-ho was, compaired to other T-class subs, when I started mine.
This one is the only one I've found that is close to the correct Color tho. (altho it's probaby a little too Olive color, at least it looks that way on my monitor)
The aft hull is close to the correct humped shape also.
I would like to know who made this one if anyone has Info about it?
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I'm having to install more bulkheads in the hull, than I thought I would, since these very Long pieces of fiberglass have more flex than I thought they would.
I'm using 3/16" aircraft grade plywood to make them, then attaching and sealing with FG & resin. It's adding weight, but 'Ya gotta do, what ya gotto Do'.
I just didn't expect that it would be necessary for that much bracing.
Trying to keep that Gap even and small, between upper and lower hull pieces, has to be the most difficult thing in this build, tho.

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As usual, no mater how many receiver channels I have it's never enough :(, and I have to eliminate something, Since I decided to reserve 2 channels for torpedo-launchers. I guess the bow-planes Retract will be the first to Go.
Unless I can activate 2 servos on 1 receiver channel, for the dive-plane control (both for and aft). I don't think the receiver would care if 2 servos are getting it's output signal? But I've never tried it.
Has anyone tried paralleling 2 servos on 1 channel???

(I don't like running mechanical linkage from stern to bow for DPs, and I have a servo in bow for that already)

If that don't work, the video-camera will the next thing to be eliminated. :rolleyes:

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A Y-connector between the receiver and the two servos is what you're looking for. but DON'T use the bow and stern planes in unison (unless it's the SEAVIEW).

David,

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Okay, I guess the camera will be eliminated then.
That way I can have independent DP control, which will probably make a big difference on this Large model.

Those cameras and their power-connectors are a pain to get water tight anyway, wihout a separate WTC, and I have a camera in my Gato already, for the videos. :)

It would be a rather strange Y-cable, since one servo is about 3 feet away from the other, (1 in Stern WTC and 1 in Bow WTC). :D LOL :D

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Hey, I don't have to activate the camera with a E-switch, I can put another toggle-switch in forward end-cap, next to power-switch. I'll want it either off or on when in the water, so that's all that's needed. :)
So, I may have Video afterall. :D

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Mike,
In this picture of a British T-class model I've found several errors and problems.
The one I'm curious about tho are the fixed vertical fins, on top of deck, above dive-planes.
I don't think any of the T-class subs had these but it's difficult to tell since in all pics the DPs are in up position. I saw a picture of a S-class that appeared to have them. Did all S-class have those short fixed vertical fins? And maybe some of the T-class?
Very strange that they were needed there, unless they were a safety-bump-stop for the bow-planes ???
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