Building the french suffren sna

[Albacore 569]

I've never considered such a linkage to make a traditional type yoke work two opposed, skewed operating shafts in unison. Well done, sir. I'll steal this arrangement some day.

Thanks David. Steal away if it will work in a particular situation. I wanted a reality check (Big Thanks) to see if I was doing tin a coherent way solving the engineering problem or I was ful of ****..lol

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks David. Steal away if it will work in a particular situation. I wanted a reality check (Big Thanks) to see if I was doing tin a coherent way solving the engineering problem or I was ful of ****..lol

Hey!... every good solution is usually preceded by an array of bat-**** stupid 'solutions' that failed to pan out in the real world.

Here's a variance on your 'universal' fittings between the yoke stems and operating shafts: Substitute the traditional universal joint with a short length of stiff flexible tube. The tube has next to zero radial back-lash, yet flexes between two skewed shafts during rotation.

[redboat219]

1/72 Suffren

[Albacore 569]

Cool...lol Back to the salt mines continuing to build. Nice clean design that attracted me to this modeling subject too.

The stern planes are wrong, but I am sure it was to increase surface area t compensate for the fixed pump jet shroud. The French kit is 54 inches long; my 1/64 model is 61.25". Roomier but fine. I hope to have mine in the water by late spring, I hope. In another you tube, he has made a DDS (dry Deck shelter) too...lol

Thanks for sharing.

[redboat219]

The stern planes are wrong, but I am sure it was to increase surface area t compensate for the fixed pump jet shroud. The French kit is 54 inches long; my 1/64 model is 61.25". Roomier but fine. I hope to have mine in the water by late spring, I hope. In another you tube, he has made a DDS (dry Deck shelter) too...lol

Thanks for sharing.

note that he doesn't use U-joint for the swept stern planes.

As for the DDS, he has one on a 1/100 version.

[JHapprich]

Sexy Soviet 6-bladers, David! Wish i had two of those for the Vodka short can! Do you still posses the Foxtrot?

Albacore, is the DDS a standard on the Suffrens?
you got your milling gear yet?

Jörg