Another Revell Gato build

[Buellman1]

Hi everyone,
First time poster and already heavily into my build of the Gato. I'll try to post any new ideas or solutions I can. I have the sub, the fittings kit, DVD set, and the SAS driver. I've read through almost every post I can find on this buildup yet I already have a question. Is there a measurement for the location of the SAS style driver?

Thanks,
Gene

[trout]

Gene,
Welcome! Love the Gato sub and very glad you have joined us. I will look for some photos, I know David had shown the location on the Gato somewhere.
Peace,
tom

[Buellman1]

Just a test to see if I can upload photos from the phone.

[trout]

Still looking for the photo of the location for the SAS on a Gato..... I am beginning to think I hallucinated it (it is a bear getting old-LOL), it was either a cabal report emailed out or posted here.

[Buellman1]

Thanks Tom, I think I'm going to take a guess from all the pictures and various measurements I've seen of other fittings. I'm at work now, but I think I have over four inches of available forward or aft placement available.

[trout]

Ah, o.k., the cylinder placement. Once you have your prop shafts in, you will create a dog-bone connector that is 3". This will give a nice offset from the Dumas connector on your propellor shaft and the Dumas connector on the sub-driver. That is where the cylinder goes.

[Buellman1]

Thanks, my next day off I'll get it mounted.

[Buellman1]

Spring came along and stole some time. Also got distracted tinkering with quadcopters. But, the Subdriver is installed and the servos and pushrods are in. Had to get the Kilo somewhat finish before continuing on the Gato. Hope to regain momentum and get the subdriver ready for water testing in a week or two.

[trout]

Very nice setup.i can relate to spring stealing your time, silly things like family time at parks, movies, BBQ with friends see to pop up and interfere with sub time. Last yesterday I got a couple of hours to do maintenance on subs getting ready to run them. I so enjoy the Gato, that I look forward to others having the same experience.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I too have to steal some time to get boats ready for summer fun. But, work first.

David

[Buellman1]

My simple solution to high amp waterproof power switch. I'm cutting the negative side and jumping it through the deans plug that will be smothered in sealant.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!!

What you have there is, what we called in the Navy (and for good reason!), is a suicide-plug.

Other than the load (the devices hooked up between this plug/switch and the battery), you have a straight shot, i.e. short, across the battery!!!

At the very least, use the female plug -- not so easy to inadvertently short/close the circuit.

[Buellman1]

I know exactly what your talking about David, but this is not the case. If something strikes or lands on the protruding prongs, it'll simply turn the sub driver on. There's no possible way for this to short.
On to leak testing.

[Buellman1]

Made huge progress in the last two days. Did some trial runs in the pond. Have a few bugs to work out and then I'll put a finish on it.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

OK, then. Look for 'green rot' on the positive side of your 'switch'.

Looking good so far. Tell us about how the boat ran. Looks like you have designed waterline there. Have you successfully trimmed the thing for operating underwater yet?

Keep those pictures coming.

David