As many of you know I own a large ass 1/48 Japanese I-19 submarine 7 1/2 feet long. The sub launch planes off its deck during WW 2. I was able to find a small RC Japanese Zero in China, Plane is tiny with only a 300mm wingspan. Is it a perfect looking Zero, no, but its close enough for what I want it to do. To take off my sub and fly. I will update this when I get it from China, hopefully it will work out
RC plane for my Japanese 1/48 scale I-19 submarine
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There is a master of building rc mini planes on Youtube, named Martin Newell. He also shared some PDF information, hope it can help you.
FLIGHT VIDEO at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QwabcKUTuICONSTRUCTION DETAILS belowAilerons, Elevator, Rudder, Throttle, Flaps, Retracts, Navigation lights...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/owc2mq52z0...art_1.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3w265wpt7...art_2.pdf?dl=0
I had this crazy idea of having a plane take off on a submarine, and there are a lot of factors to take into account when the submarine is running, like instability. So it might be a good idea to let the plane take off using pneumatic ejection, and the huge thrust from the compressed air could help the plane get the desired speed. We can fix a small copper sleeve on the launcher, sealed at one end. The open end could be inserted into a piston (with a little hole to let gas out) , and when compressed gas is ejected from the piston's hole , the launcher could be launched along with the aircraft. Of course, you want the launcher to stop at the bow, which might be another problem.
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The launcher (from I-400) :
Launching mechanism, you may need a poppet valve connect to the piston so as to release some gas at the moment.
Last edited by Sam Victory; 07-18-2022, 09:05 AM. -
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Make it simple, make strong, make it work!Comment
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Very cool idea. Definitely keep it simple. The plane should be extremely light weight, probably with throttle and rudder only and magnetic actuator rather than any servos. The scale wingspan of the Yokosuka E14Y is only 9" so it needs to be really light and simple to have any chance of working. Let us know how this goes, I would love to see it working!!
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Ensuring that the aircraft is light enough is the first requirement, the second is the stability of the submarine, whether stationary or in motion. Finally there is an instantaneous large enough thrust acting on the aircraft. Ideally all three conditions are met before takeoff.
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Simple rubber band catapult B-)Last edited by redboat219; 07-20-2022, 10:40 PM.Make it simple, make strong, make it work!Comment
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