Why the Bow Plane theory on the USOS/SSRN SEAVIEW is WRONG.

[redboat219]

Bob are you making the Seaview fittings kit and 2" SD available again or are you pertaining only to the 2.5" SD?

[RCSubGuy]

I got the Seaview 38.5 inch Moebius Sub and ordered the RC parts with Bob Martin's help and I would appreciate any help that anyone has on building the sub with lights etc. I checked out online and most stuff is from a long time ago. Basically, i am wondering what light kts to use or to buy the light s Individually and I see 2 decals sets and was wondering which one people like to use. This is my first attempt to build an RC and add lights, so any tips would be most appreciated. I did buy Bob's guide, so i know it will take lot of time and work to do this right and I am hoping to join the RC Sub community, if this works and i enjoy it, I am looking at a few other subs i would like to create. Thank you, Alan

Your fixating on the wrong thing here, my friend. Lights and decals are the least of your worries. Get your cylinder set up and working perfectly. Get your linkages set up and working perfectly. Install the cylinder and get it working perfectly.

Once you get the practical functionality of your boat sorted, worry about making it look pretty.


Bob

[redboat219]

I got the Seaview 38.5 inch Moebius Sub and ordered the RC parts with Bob Martin's help and I would appreciate any help that anyone has on building the sub with lights etc. I checked out online and most stuff is from a long time ago. Basically, i am wondering what light kts to use or to buy the light s Individually and I see 2 decals sets and was wondering which one people like to use. This is my first attempt to build an RC and add lights, so any tips would be most appreciated. I did buy Bob's guide, so i know it will take lot of time and work to do this right and I am hoping to join the RC Sub community, if this works and i enjoy it, I am looking at a few other subs i would like to create. Thank you, Alan

Welcome to group.
Better to post this in it's own dedicated thread as it's bound to get buried in this.

[redboat219]

David's latest iteration of the Moebius Seaview without the movable manta ray fins. As he noted in another thread, those deflector vanes inside the nacelle are enough to counter the bow down attitude of the Seaview

[SubSteve]

Exactly.

And as to unsolicited advice: I weigh the validity of said advice against the actual accomplishments of the advice giver.

You either have, or you have not. Internet sleuthing does not denote accomplishment.

David

Well damn, there goes my life's work!

[Alucard]

I got the Seaview 38.5 inch Moebius Sub and ordered the RC parts with Bob Martin's help and I would appreciate any help that anyone has on building the sub with lights etc. I checked out online and most stuff is from a long time ago. Basically, i am wondering what light kts to use or to buy the light s Individually and I see 2 decals sets and was wondering which one people like to use. This is my first attempt to build an RC and add lights, so any tips would be most appreciated. I did buy Bob's guide, so i know it will take lot of time and work to do this right and I am hoping to join the RC Sub community, if this works and i enjoy it, I am looking at a few other subs i would like to create. Thank you, Alan

[Das Boot]

Dave, you and Ed get a room and shut up.

[QuarterMaster]

Exactly.

And as to unsolicited advice: I weigh the validity of said advice against the actual accomplishments of the advice giver.

You either have, or you have not. Internet sleuthing does not denote accomplishment.

David

D'oh!!!!!!!!!!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Lateral sensor array sounds good , maybe eps conduits for the main deflectors so an inverse tacion pulse can be omitted......ooops wrong show.

https://youtu.be/rC0V-qU3Wbk

[Rick Teskey]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/141800550555213/permalink/751848762883719/?mibextid=Nif5oz

[Rick Teskey]

Lateral sensor array sounds good , maybe eps conduits for the main deflectors so an inverse tacion pulse can be omitted......ooops wrong show.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Yep... but, you're limited to working with what you have to work with if you want to keep aesthetics. There are a million things you could do to make a better running boat if you're willing to mess with the design. For boats like these, most go with form over function.

Exactly.

And as to unsolicited advice: I weigh the validity of said advice against the actual accomplishments of the advice giver.

You either have, or you have not. Internet sleuthing does not denote accomplishment.

David

[RCSubGuy]

Yep... but, you're limited to working with what you have to work with if you want to keep aesthetics. There are a million things you could do to make a better running boat if you're willing to mess with the design. For boats like these, most go with form over function.

[redboat219]

Question, If they were control surfaces wouldn't they be more effective if they were on the trailing edge of the manta fins instead of at the tips? Also the leading of the control surface could rounded off in a more hydrodynamic profile instead of a blunt vertical surface.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You mean those surface refractions/distortions that appear on the hull? The model was stock gray above, white below with counter shading as seen in the second season 8' miniature.