torpedo system

[deepseadiver]

Huh! Not satisfied with pink panties, now he wants a skirt!

It can be arranged! Any particular color?
Devilish

Mike are you trying to get the master cave man to go back to pink undies or both. :eek:

[Slats]

Leaving what colour the torpedo will come in to those without an airbrush…(come on guys – don’t like the colour – re-paint it!) :eek:

Here are a few questions of mine. Its not that I am inpatient, its just I tend to build relatively fast and these questions pertain to having my boats ready for the torpedo installation. In fact HMAS Rankin is progressing quickly and I intend from the get go to install the torp system in her. This means I might need to buy and build a new SD for her too.

First: the firing mechanisim.
Do we run a servo linkage out of the SD for this in addition to the electronic gizmo (sequencer)– you mentioned previous that plugs into the RX?
Is RX 5 volt power the only power required for the squencer unit?

If NO for the servo linkage, and its some sort of electrical device plugging from the mechanism back to the SD – how is the electrical wires to the SD waterproofed?



The radio:
Which is the best ctrl from the TX – switch / dial / gimbal?
It is only 1 channel required right?



The 4 shots / tubes –
Can these be configured across the bow OR 2 per side like on a Permit or later SSN?



Torpedo equalisation and ballasting
Does the weight of a fully “propel” charged torpedo roughly equal the free flooded empty tube? Moreover if the shot gets charged in tube prior to release I take it there would be a negligible change in trim (to the bow for example if bow tubes are fitted) to compensate for the liquid propel being distributed in the torpedo forward.



Interior required space in the submarine for 72nd scale system
For a bow configuration?
For two per side like a Permit?
Size (length and diameter of 1/72 scale tubes)?
Size (length and diameter of 1/96 scale tubes)?




And something for my FFG and FFH(targets)
Can these warshots fire from tubes above the surface of the water?



Range of torpedoes in 1/72 and 1/96?
I also read a couple of years back the 1/96 shots actually went further than the 1/72 – was wondering if correct what the science was behind that.


Now that is a list of pain in the back end questions.:D

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Huh! Not satisfied with pink panties, now he wants a skirt!

It can be arranged! Any particular color?
Devilish

Mike,

It's Sunday morning ... shouldn't you be in the yard, up a tree, pulling the wings off baby birds, or something?

David,

[toppack]

I knew Someone couldn't leave That one alone! :rolleyes:

[Kazzer]

That's what blows up my skirt too.

David,

Huh! Not satisfied with pink panties, now he wants a skirt!

It can be arranged! Any particular color?
Devilish

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David,
it sounds complex indeed no doors that's for sure to many linkages, besides it's going to look cool when you see the inside with no doors all painted, with a deadly green torpedo just sitting there ready to be fired.:cool:
Jim

That's what blows up my skirt too.

David,

[deepseadiver]

David,
it sounds complex indeed no doors that's for sure to many linkages, besides it's going to look cool when you see the inside with no doors all painted, with a deadly green torpedo just sitting there ready to be fired.:cool:
Jim

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Then i wont feel to bad because i have asked the Grand Master to come out of his cave to ask many questions my self. Thank goodness some one else is asking to, but i know Patience is priceless:rolleyes:

this is just a thought that came to me I wonder if the torpedos, has enough thrust coming out of it's tube that it may be able to push open a shutter door on it's own like a small week rubber band that would allow it to escape but the door closes on its own after it leaves the chamber. But on the other hand Keep it simple no doors.:)

The sliding shutter doors on most American designs don't lend themselves to being pushed open, instead -- without a dedicated operating linkage, working off the muzzle door toggle -- they act more like a 'check valve'. Sorry, no easy way to open the shutter door via torpedo motion alone, you would have to provide a trip to open it, that trip activated by the same linkage that shifts the tube from 'battery' to 'fire'.

David,

[deepseadiver]

hey mate just having some fun....have you seen my list of questions for David re this?!!!

J

Then i wont feel to bad because i have asked the Grand Master to come out of his cave to ask many questions my self. Thank goodness some one else is asking to, but i know Patience is priceless:rolleyes:

this is just a thought that came to me I wonder if the torpedos, has enough thrust coming out of it's tube that it may be able to push open a shutter door on it's own like a small week rubber band that would allow it to escape but the door closes on its own after it leaves the chamber. But on the other hand Keep it simple no doors.:)

[Slats]

No doors good :D

dont get all That Stinks on me i have plenty of patience theres nothing wrong in asking a question. :)

hey mate just having some fun....have you seen my list of questions for David re this?!!!

J

[deepseadiver]

yes i like that KISS less things to go wrong I will drink to thatI'll drink to THAT!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

well David,
I was thinking of shutter doors but which one would be the better way to go in your professional out look of things. I guess with my Gato it has shutter doors , but just the fact it has torpedos and no doors at all is fine with me. as MR slat has mentioned no doors at all.

The shutter doors would have the same anti-foul paint color as the surrounding hull (black or red, depending on the yard, theateur of operation, and time).

Keep it simple: no doors.

David,

[deepseadiver]

Heres a tip - no doors.
Next tip- WAITCensored

No doors good :D

dont get all That Stinks on me i have plenty of patience theres nothing wrong in asking a question. :)

[deepseadiver]

well David,
I was thinking of shutter doors but which one would be the better way to go in your professional out look of things. I guess with my Gato it has shutter doors , but just the fact it has torpedos and no doors at all is fine with me. as MR slat has mentioned no doors at all.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

So David,
what is the best color for these torpedo's to be or what color is Caswell going to have them, or i imagine we can paint them ourselves? plus the torpedo doors, should they be metal or use the plastic that comes with the submarine it self, or is this un decided. Any comments also from the peanut gallery.Blah

The US Navy started painting them a light green when the MK-16 (do you really want to call SubRock a 'torpedo') was introduced to the fleet. And from the 60's the Soviets did the same. So our weapons will be green.

You talking muzzle door or shutter door?

David,