Continuing/finishing (?) a Revell 1/72 type VIIC from another user

[Reckless]

so.... got the vent servo out of the SD... and ... uh...



I dun think that's supposed to happen...

case is melted, motors seized .... for a servo with basically no load.. this is a new one to me ... but alas the world marchs on, hopefully by fathers day I'll have the SD back together and attempt a real "maiden"

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Oh, you did air it out. Belay my last outburst, Reckless. you did good.

I too serve at the feet of a boss-lady; She Who Must Be Obeyed!

David

[Reckless]

popped the endcaps, disconnected batteries... quick water check .. that's as far as I got.... boss was yelling at me ... something about sneaking away to the lake at the time period she had planned to go get shopping done.... heh...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Whooo there partner. you, "Haven't had a chance to get back to the sub..."!???? You did post-mission the SubDriver I-pray-to-God-you-did??

You do know how to do mission checks and why? Please tell me you did not put the SD away without at least poping the two bulkheads off the cylinder!

David

[Reckless]

well ... it saw open water.... the conditions kinda sucked (the chop was reaching over the conning tower) ... but I found a slightly sheltered portion of our little harbor..... checked the sub on the table, threw it in the water and started to run it through it's paces .....

and the vent servo wouldn't work.... so I couldn't escape the chop on the surface , and was a touch worried about lossing a function, so the voyage was cut short before even leaving the harbour.

not sure if the servo caved, or something else is amiss (haven't had a chance to get back to the sub and check :( ) but I grabbed a new servo on the way home just incase.

[Reckless]

nice ... I doubt I'll be switching this sub to SAS ... think once it's proven to work... it's staying the way it is

I'll leave SAS for the next one. a new sub that I actually build all myself.

just wanna get this one running proper like ... and move onto something else to get in yer hair about :D

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I've had it happen to me. Usually, a change of underwear is in order.

The SAS will fix all that. Just converted five boats to it and will run them this weekend at the Harbor Fest show in Norfolk. I'll give a full report next week. For the first time in 25 years I'm not bringing a bottle of Propellant with me to the boating site.

David

[trout]

Reckless,
I can only imagine the thoughts going through your mind when it happened. Glad no major damage and you can still get a maiden voyage in.
Peace,
Tom

[Reckless]

thats the old thing that crossed my mind... it wasn't like HOT .. it was luke warm... room temperature... either way probably didn't help

I think the "trigger" was the Snort system .. like the initial movement or shock of air? into the tank ... like a second after I hit the switch for the pump the line popped with a WHUMP ... it was the same as watching a movie where a sub gets hit with a torpedo ... the initial bubble "explosion" before the sub explodes into a billion peices... the deck popped and buckled a bit... after I finished freaking out I found it rather comical...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

LOL! Let me guess ... the bath-tub water was a bit on the warm side?

David

[Reckless]

had a little excitement today ... doing some final tweaking of the foam and such in the test tank...

and the line to the gas resevoir exploded ... I'm not exactly sure what line of events led to this ... luckily enough nothing else was damaged, no leaks...etc .. just a non functioning back up gas system and the need to find some clean shorts

anyways... appears that my trimming is complete





at this point ... need to tweak some pushrods ... and then it's off to open water maiden on Sunday (provided mother nature wants to play nice)

[Reckless]

Gots me a new servo yay! Got the foam IN the hull . So now , reset and check all the elecs and linkage. Play with magnets for the tower and make hold down for sd . Then test tank and adjust as needed in prep for open water maiden next weekend

[Reckless]

thanks :D was quite happy that it turned out that nicely...

did a little bit of work over the weekend, got the foam IN the hull ... also added some more strategic vents in the deck as I was having issues with trapped air every time I tested to full surface (mainly at the stern where the silly wood deck has no vents). one of the local pro type builders said he should have a servo or two that I'm looking for so we'll see what happens there ... hopefully won't have to wait for mail purchase get this thing into open water and patrolling

[trout]

Excellent trim work! Well done.

[Reckless]

hit the tub again ... MUCH better ...



even managed to get a submerged trim in



now the conning tower ended up being a little loose in the shot... so it sits a hair lower down the tower then in the pic

so ... into the "home" stretch :D ... start buttoning the hull and stuff while I wait for a new servo ........