Having received scattered conversation regarding this big girl, I wanted to start this thread for discussion of making a working R/C model from the 80-inch Seaview manufactured by Dennis DeBoer.
deboerhulls.com
While Dennis has recently reissued this release, mine was acquired in the mid-1990's, and after hull assembly and some mods has been in limbo. I plan to resume the challenge after completing a comparatively pedestrian 1/96 Seawolf targeted for the August SubRegatta.
Way back when, purely by chance,a guy who happened to be a retired boat designer/hydrodynamicist saw my hull, took one look and said the bow would take me on a decided downward angle. His suggestions resulted in the more rounded underside of the frontal area seen in the attachments.
The images are screen grabs from video and thus a bit distorted, but I wanted to spark some discussion/comment bow-to-stern from those who have demonstrated operational mastery of this hull form in smaller scales. You know who you are.
Let the fun begin!
-Kerry
deboerhulls.com
While Dennis has recently reissued this release, mine was acquired in the mid-1990's, and after hull assembly and some mods has been in limbo. I plan to resume the challenge after completing a comparatively pedestrian 1/96 Seawolf targeted for the August SubRegatta.
Way back when, purely by chance,a guy who happened to be a retired boat designer/hydrodynamicist saw my hull, took one look and said the bow would take me on a decided downward angle. His suggestions resulted in the more rounded underside of the frontal area seen in the attachments.
The images are screen grabs from video and thus a bit distorted, but I wanted to spark some discussion/comment bow-to-stern from those who have demonstrated operational mastery of this hull form in smaller scales. You know who you are.
Let the fun begin!
-Kerry
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