Toy conversion to 1:350 Akula

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  • RCENGR
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade
    • May 2025
    • 43

    #1

    Toy conversion to 1:350 Akula

    I bought one of these toy R/C submarines and had some fun running it around the test tank. It has a piston system for ballast control and a stern thruster to turn. While it functions reasonably well, it was too short and tended to dart in random directions.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QJ99T16?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_ti tle_2&th=1

    I disassembled it to see if I could take the R/C components and put them in a larger submarine. Eventually I decided to try it with an Akula III. After a bit of CAD and print tests, I ended up with the following conversion:

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    The submarine runs nicely and looks great underwater.



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  • JHapprich
    Rear Admiral

    • Oct 2017
    • 1035

    #2
    Thats pretty awesome! Do you have more details/pictures of the build?

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