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  • redboat219
    Admiral
    • Dec 2008
    • 2735

    RC Deep Submergence Vessel

    Roger Suitter's 1/36 NR 1 Click image for larger version

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    ROGER SUITTER'S unique submarine Roger Suitters with his model in late-2012 This a model of Nuclear Research No. 1, an American nuclear powered submari ...


    Build process https://youtu.be/mbG8NqANVNg
    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!
  • rwtdiver
    Vice Admiral
    • Feb 2019
    • 1770

    #2
    OK Romel!

    You may have hooked me!? I did not realize the NR-1 was an actual USN research submarine in the late 60's! I will take a closer look, as if I do not have enough going.

    NOTE: After looking at this boat for 3D printing it would not work as an RC model boat. The files are for static model display!

    Rob
    "Firemen can stand the heat."
    Last edited by rwtdiver; 01-11-2023, 09:34 AM.

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    • redboat219
      Admiral
      • Dec 2008
      • 2735

      #3
      Been conversing with Mr. Suitter. I asked him if his NR 1 has wheels, Unfortunately he did not include that feature as he felt that the underside of the boat would get damaged if he tried to drive it on the bottom of the pond.
      The boat utilizes a gear pump to fill and empty the ballast tank. Displaced air from inside the tank is stored in a separate chamber in the bow. A float valve seals off the ballast tank when the water level gets too high.
      The boat has a thrust in the stern to augment the rudder. The rear diveplanes are fixed. Pitch control is done via shifting weights in the keel.
      Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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      • CC Clarke
        Lieutenant Commander
        • Aug 2020
        • 239

        #4
        I can't see why this boat wouldn't lend itself to 3D printing. I built an NR-1 model for a presentation package of all of the Navy's spook boats employed over the decades. Having wheels on the bottom could make it an ideal "bottom crawler" in a swimming pool.

        While we (students) took many waterfront submarine tours in Sub School, the NR-1 was off-limits. Every enlisted crew member was a qualified nuke, and the boat had many (known) high-profile duties to keep sea duty interesting. Other less-known missions may be revealed at some point.

        If I wasn't totally wrapped around the axel designing a 1/72 printed submarine to display at the next USSVI convention, this would be a fun challenge. Maybe someone else will take it on.

        CC

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        • redboat219
          Admiral
          • Dec 2008
          • 2735

          #5
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          Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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          • trout
            Admiral
            • Jul 2011
            • 3545

            #6
            I love the NR-1
            Hey Bob, can we get this in a 3D format?
            If anyone has a larger hull, I would be interested.
            If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
              Moderator
              • Aug 2008
              • 12256

              #7
              Originally posted by CC Clarke
              I can't see why this boat wouldn't lend itself to 3D printing. I built an NR-1 model for a presentation package of all of the Navy's spook boats employed over the decades. Having wheels on the bottom could make it an ideal "bottom crawler" in a swimming pool.

              While we (students) took many waterfront submarine tours in Sub School, the NR-1 was off-limits. Every enlisted crew member was a qualified nuke, and the boat had many (known) high-profile duties to keep sea duty interesting. Other less-known missions may be revealed at some point.

              If I wasn't totally wrapped around the axel designing a 1/72 printed submarine to display at the next USSVI convention, this would be a fun challenge. Maybe someone else will take it on.

              CC
              A 1/192 static display I built for Babcock & Wilcox about 50 years ago.






























              Who is John Galt?

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              • CC Clarke
                Lieutenant Commander
                • Aug 2020
                • 239

                #8
                Sweet!

                CC

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                  Moderator
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 12256

                  #9
                  Originally posted by CC Clarke
                  Sweet!

                  CC
                  Not only Nuk's in good standing but also qualified divers. (their code-alfa flag was as big as the sail!). Rickover's play-toy.

                  David
                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • rwtdiver
                    Vice Admiral
                    • Feb 2019
                    • 1770

                    #10
                    David,

                    I did not see any stern dive planes on the NR-l!? Was it totally a ballast system and just the sail planes?

                    Rob
                    "Firemen can stand the heat."

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                    • redboat219
                      Admiral
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 2735

                      #11
                      Your daughter? She looks just like Ellie.
                      Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                      • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                        Moderator
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 12256

                        #12
                        Originally posted by rwtdiver
                        David,

                        I did not see any stern dive planes on the NR-l!? Was it totally a ballast system and just the sail planes?

                        Rob
                        "Firemen can stand the heat."
                        I don't know. None of my documentation mentioned active stern planes (it would have had to be full-flying horizontal surfaces -- what with their attached propulsion motors). Most of this boats transit was via tow. At the work site it used the thrusters for lateral, vertical, pitch and yaw control -- either gliding off the bottom or rolling around on those cement filled truck tires. I would imagine those fairwater planes were next to useless.

                        David
                        Who is John Galt?

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