Hello All,
Thanks Caswell, for introducing this new catagory into the Sub-Driver Forum. Hopefully some may find the info. posted here useful, providing if nothing more, food for thought, this while setting up their own R/C submarine application.
Obviously, the more folks who share their personal experiences, relating to their set-up, and particular type of electronics they have used in the past, or have presently installed within their model, the more comprehensive and informative the subject matter in this forum catagory will become. The success of this catagory is up to you the membership, as well as with the many readers out there who have been there, done that, and have found solutions to electronics issues respective to model submarines by which they woud like to share with others in the R/C submarine community who may have exhaustively been looking for help.
Positive results, and a well running sub should be at the fore-front of the information provided.
Having said that, it is well known that issues occur from time to to time which may affect radio reception and such, particularly while running submerged in various pools and ponds, by which the water quality may become a major factor in this regard. These projects have long been said to be, " A work in progress".
Allow me to start the ball rolling here by first saying, with each and every application comes a different set of circumstances.
However, given an opportunity to simply reference the various applications as posted, we may hopefully increase the probablity of success when mixing and matching the various components within the confines of your model submarines motor compartment.
I have personally found good success with the following basic set-up of electronics, by that I mean( No Glitching ) etc. when bench testing, and out on the water.
IMO, and as previously mentioned, the boat runs reasonably well out on the pond, as I'm hoping continued success with the latest instalation of a stand alone BEC , which has recently been incorporated into the electronics and suggested by (Subculture)-Andy Lawrnce, Dave Meriman, and others on this site, this to further avert the posibility of electrical issues relating to the draw of power off the various electronic devises within the model itself, and rather than depending on a bec which simply may have a low Amp output. Some ESC's on the market today do not specify the output amperage of the BEC incorporated within or made to handle multiple devises operating at the same time, rudder, stern planes, dive planes, and possibly a pump or ballast servo.
Model Description: 1:48 scale WWII Gato class Submarine
Sub-Driver: Meriman/Caswell 3.5 Mod. 2 = (Twin Drive motor)
Basic ( Gas ) Ballast System
Motors: Twin- Traxxas- Titan Marine-550 air-cooled 14.4V
ESC: Mitronics- Viper Marine-40
Receiver: Sombra Labs 8 - 8 channel RX ( no longer available)
Pitch Controll: Mike's Sub Work's - UPC-1 controller
Servos: Caswell- BT100 (Standard servos)
Battery: Venom- 5000Mah Lipo
UBEC: RCTimer- Output 5V- 3A continuous
Failsafe: Mitronics- Micro failsafe
Transmitter: Polk's- Tracker- lll (8) channel transmitter- This radio is no longer available
Thanks Caswell, for introducing this new catagory into the Sub-Driver Forum. Hopefully some may find the info. posted here useful, providing if nothing more, food for thought, this while setting up their own R/C submarine application.
Obviously, the more folks who share their personal experiences, relating to their set-up, and particular type of electronics they have used in the past, or have presently installed within their model, the more comprehensive and informative the subject matter in this forum catagory will become. The success of this catagory is up to you the membership, as well as with the many readers out there who have been there, done that, and have found solutions to electronics issues respective to model submarines by which they woud like to share with others in the R/C submarine community who may have exhaustively been looking for help.
Positive results, and a well running sub should be at the fore-front of the information provided.
Having said that, it is well known that issues occur from time to to time which may affect radio reception and such, particularly while running submerged in various pools and ponds, by which the water quality may become a major factor in this regard. These projects have long been said to be, " A work in progress".
Allow me to start the ball rolling here by first saying, with each and every application comes a different set of circumstances.
However, given an opportunity to simply reference the various applications as posted, we may hopefully increase the probablity of success when mixing and matching the various components within the confines of your model submarines motor compartment.
I have personally found good success with the following basic set-up of electronics, by that I mean( No Glitching ) etc. when bench testing, and out on the water.
IMO, and as previously mentioned, the boat runs reasonably well out on the pond, as I'm hoping continued success with the latest instalation of a stand alone BEC , which has recently been incorporated into the electronics and suggested by (Subculture)-Andy Lawrnce, Dave Meriman, and others on this site, this to further avert the posibility of electrical issues relating to the draw of power off the various electronic devises within the model itself, and rather than depending on a bec which simply may have a low Amp output. Some ESC's on the market today do not specify the output amperage of the BEC incorporated within or made to handle multiple devises operating at the same time, rudder, stern planes, dive planes, and possibly a pump or ballast servo.
Model Description: 1:48 scale WWII Gato class Submarine
Sub-Driver: Meriman/Caswell 3.5 Mod. 2 = (Twin Drive motor)
Basic ( Gas ) Ballast System
Motors: Twin- Traxxas- Titan Marine-550 air-cooled 14.4V
ESC: Mitronics- Viper Marine-40
Receiver: Sombra Labs 8 - 8 channel RX ( no longer available)
Pitch Controll: Mike's Sub Work's - UPC-1 controller
Servos: Caswell- BT100 (Standard servos)
Battery: Venom- 5000Mah Lipo
UBEC: RCTimer- Output 5V- 3A continuous
Failsafe: Mitronics- Micro failsafe
Transmitter: Polk's- Tracker- lll (8) channel transmitter- This radio is no longer available
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