LA Class 1/96 Sail with working planes

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  • billyd
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    • Feb 2024
    • 39

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    LA Class 1/96 Sail with working planes

    I designed a sail with working planes to fit the maximus modellbau LA Class 1/96 sub kit. I reverse engineered the sail in a solid modeler, split it half and added a sub micro waterproof (with some additional waterproofing over the stock traxxas item) servo and linkage. My plan is to run the servo cable through the outer pressure hull and seal the entrance, and run the cable to the receiver in the bow. I will leave enough slack in this cable to facilitate removing the outer hull, and to easily replace the servo (by cutting and splicing the line outside the hull, I guess not so easy, but not much choice due to lack of space).

    Here's a video of the completed design prototype:

    I designed this for the Maximus Modelbau 1/96 scale LA Class model submarine. The sail is an exact replica of the kit's sail, but modified to make the dive planes functional. It is split in half to install the traxxas 2065R waterproof servo.
    Last edited by billyd; 10-27-2026, 09:07 PM.
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