hello my name is shane. new here but have been in and out for awhile. after looking at the vIIc boats others have built i convinced my wife to let me start one (she quotes back to my 1st r/c boat i had to swim for haha) got the hull and want opinions of if i need more limbering holes opened up in the lower hull. also does caswell still have the ballest weights and foam kits available i didn;t see them listed. are you going to make more.... want to leave my options open for working torpedo tubes so i hve 2 questions
1 does anyone know if there is room for a working stern torpedo tube? if so i want to leave the stern tube blank below the d&E fittings kit rudder block in prep for that...
2 i see in the propeller shaft cabal the are useing a 1/8 id brass tube for the stuffing box.should this go through the propeller strut body? i will have to get some as there wasn't any in the fittings from caswell but i have some from my other boat projects...
3 this is a long term build and i want to leave my options open so i havent joined the hulls togeter yet(working on the rear hydroplanes now)are there any mods i need to do to the ft torpedo blank to accept 2 working tubes later(i think 4 wouls be too crowded for service/repair so 2 in ft and 1 rear if possable not shure if the rear is possable due to clearence of propshafts and sd.. and yes i know build the boat 1st the the frills but i like to build my mods and options in before.plus i assume if after you build it the added weight of tubes and gear will cause the boat to need to be retrimmed and needing to add more foam i would rather add the aproxame wt in tapeweights and trim it and remove weights then try to figure out where to stuff more foam away from linkages.. i welcome all input as this is my 1st sub.. p.s. i don't quit it took 2 yrs to make my 1st boat right from building the hull to problem free sailing..and hand cutting and laminating wood strip on a fishing boat was a chore.. thanks to all.. i realize the oldtimers here are used to the 1/2ers they get 1/2 through and quit, see it myself from customers who want to save a buck on their cadillac and have it towed in with milkcrates attached.. so give me a chance please thank you shane
1 does anyone know if there is room for a working stern torpedo tube? if so i want to leave the stern tube blank below the d&E fittings kit rudder block in prep for that...
2 i see in the propeller shaft cabal the are useing a 1/8 id brass tube for the stuffing box.should this go through the propeller strut body? i will have to get some as there wasn't any in the fittings from caswell but i have some from my other boat projects...
3 this is a long term build and i want to leave my options open so i havent joined the hulls togeter yet(working on the rear hydroplanes now)are there any mods i need to do to the ft torpedo blank to accept 2 working tubes later(i think 4 wouls be too crowded for service/repair so 2 in ft and 1 rear if possable not shure if the rear is possable due to clearence of propshafts and sd.. and yes i know build the boat 1st the the frills but i like to build my mods and options in before.plus i assume if after you build it the added weight of tubes and gear will cause the boat to need to be retrimmed and needing to add more foam i would rather add the aproxame wt in tapeweights and trim it and remove weights then try to figure out where to stuff more foam away from linkages.. i welcome all input as this is my 1st sub.. p.s. i don't quit it took 2 yrs to make my 1st boat right from building the hull to problem free sailing..and hand cutting and laminating wood strip on a fishing boat was a chore.. thanks to all.. i realize the oldtimers here are used to the 1/2ers they get 1/2 through and quit, see it myself from customers who want to save a buck on their cadillac and have it towed in with milkcrates attached.. so give me a chance please thank you shane
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