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That's not what I asked. The sentence makes no sense. What is the channel for? Also, there are no screws long enough to go through the SD restraining strap foundation to the hull. There is also no mention of its placement or pictures of it placed. The strap foundation looks taller than the rear foundation and would cause the SD not to sit in the rear cradle. Gluing the shock absorber is overkill. If it breaks you would have to grind it out rather than unbolt it. Lock tight should keep the screws from coming lose.Last edited by Tugfan; 11-28-2012, 07:00 PM.Comment
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The channel is to permit rearward travel of the shock-absorber plunger and spring after releasing the forward retaining wheel-collar.
The strap foundation piece is secured by running the securing screws up through the hull and into the threaded holes of the foundation. Tall end of the strap foundation forward. As to location of the strap foundation, look at the pretty pictures.
Glue the damned shock-absorber in place!
Mike: you watching this? Tugfan is identifying some weaknesses in our manual text that needs fixing.
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The pretty pictures don't show a whole lot of the strap foundation, at least not enough to show the tall end foreward. I hope I glued it in right. There are no screws long enough in the package to bolt it down either. I bolted the absorber in. Lastly, there needs to be more detail in how the dive planes hook up in the sail. One picture shows the bottom already put together but no assembly photos. I've always built my subs with no working dive planes on the sail, so this and Daves excellent mechanics are being lost on me as how to put it together. I have so far ground down the inside of the sail and placed the washers in.Last edited by Tugfan; 11-29-2012, 09:17 AM.Comment
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Is the sail still held on the held with magnets as was originally thought? I haven't seen anything concerning this. Can you just place all of the pictures you took in one file for reference? The rest I can figure out.Last edited by Tugfan; 11-29-2012, 02:02 PM.Comment
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I know you have worked this all out but here is a thought about the snorkel mounting.
It has been said to leave off all the breakable parts in a working RC model.
The snorkel looks prone to getting bent and broke as it stands proud before the sail is placed over it.
What if the snorkel was fastened up into the sail instead of mounted to the hull. Then the snorkels
alignment inside the sail doesn't change and if the sail takes a bump the snorkel doesn't get bent.
"The sail is removable is afford access to the hull mounted SAS snorkel assembly,"
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Scott,
I've played with just that configuration, but settled on the hull mounted snorkel assembly.
The sail is only removed for a mission check, not at the field. So, exposure of the snorkel assembly to handling damage is minimal. What finalized the decision to mount the snorkel to the hull was that it made fast the elbow fitting within the hull that mates with the flexible induction hose that leads to the five-point manifold. Gluing the elbow to the hull insures that stress applied to it by handling of the flexible hose would not shift the induction tubes position within the tight confines of the sail -- such movement maybe causing the float to bind within the sail, leading to an induction line flooding incident.
A good observation, and I did give thought to both means of securing the snorkel assembly, Scott.
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I finally started reading and understanding the manual.Comment
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Got the shock absorber in and the SD tie down installed.
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