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Okay, I knew it had to be something like that, but was not sure about the terminoligy. Thanks for the Swimming Lesson! :D
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have read this post with great interest - I am please to see that I am not the only serial pest that wants this system.
Guys - I have had a go at three torpedo type systems over the years - all screaming failures with shots cooking off early, hanging in tubes, and all ridiculously overscale. Every one successful shot fired another 5 wood goof and all high consumable gas suckers too by the ridiculous overscale of the items.
One piece of advice.
WAIT
David will get this going in his own time. I have been on him for this going on three years now. Mike will tell you too the amount of times he has instructed me to shut the F up about it.
In the mean time get a sub working well - allow some space forward - rig up your sub driver with a spare channel.
There is nothing more that says amateur hour like a sub that fires a torpedo only to then porpoise along, flood, or sink like a rock.
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Sydney Australia
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Last edited by toppack; 01-13-2009, 06:11 PM.Rick L.
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Mike,
I do like the latest banners of the torpedo shooting across the screen and the banner stating this is coming soon.
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that has a very strong blast there some good presure behind it i can see there.Put your mind to it. If there's a will there's a way!Comment
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Its going to be great and well worth the wait.
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Well i tried trying to metal around with a torpedo system, and i have found bad sources for the parts. The one that David Merriman, has posted those pictures of his prototype is very impressive. I would not know were to start molding little metal pieces like that and to get it to function correctly. It would take me 6 months to get it right maybe more.
I see David, our overlord submarine builder and Creator is making a four torpedo system for the skip jack submarine . I am looking forward in seeing it, once it's made and on Caswell, site . Note to Mike once the new mold are done yes i am interested in buying your skip jack with the torpedo system that's for sure.
Jim:)Last edited by deepseadiver; 02-04-2009, 03:21 PM.Put your mind to it. If there's a will there's a way!Comment
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Hey Jim,
how do you know its for the Skipjack?....4 shot system could be applied to a variety of sub platforms - the Newsletter / e-mail from Mike mentions more details soon to go on to the New Products page.
I am hoping personally it will be also available in 1/72, and I thought earlier discussions re this on another forum (like a year back or so), was that it would be produced in 1/96 and 1/72....Mike could you please indicate when you put the details up - what scales it will come in.
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JohnJohn Slater
Sydney Australia
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There are several considerations to the torpedo system
1. The electronics to sequentially fire the torpedoes on command
2. The mechanical system to charge (with propellant) and despatch the weapon.
3. The tube/launcher
4. The weapon itself
Item # 1 & #2 are identical regardless of the size of the weapon.
#3 & # 4 will depend on the scale of the boat.
We are concentrating on items 1 & 2 at this point. Construction of different size torpedoes doesn't need much brain power.Stop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!Comment
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thanks Mike.
Sounds great.
Re 1 - does this mean that you won't need a push rod linked to a servo to fire the torpedoes?
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Hi John,
good point i would like it to be working for the gato submarine along with other scale sizes very good point . I see Mike reponded so know it's understood by me also what the plans are . looking forward in seeing the first made.
Well John, Oops my mistake i read this on the latest skipjack submarine letter sent out on it's mold being worked on. It was not directly informing about it having its own special torpedoes, made just for the skipjack i miss understood..
this is what it said.
Torpedoes We have made major inroads in the design of the system, which looks as if it will now come with a 4 shot system, for more torpedoes you’d put 2 x 4 shot systems in. I hope to have photos of the firing mechanism in the next few days. Please keep an eye on the New Product Announcements notice board on our forum. Finished product is several months away, make sure you have space! :-)
this is great news.
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I used to work in Electronics for 10 years and had five years as a Sonar Technologist. I worked for a company that did Commercial and Military Sonar. It was part of my job description to do tank and field tests of the transducer heads for torpedos for the Canadian Military contract we had at the company I worked for in Cornwall Ontario.
I worked on several different torpedo transducers and work power them up and take sonar graph measurements and submit my reports.
I also did tank and field testing on very large arrays that are towed behind destroyers to find submarines.
They were huge...and when powered up made quite the ping.
That would be very dangerous to marine life in my mind and its bad medicine for the dolphins and whales.
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