Puffin - work in progress

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  • Occupant
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade
    • Jan 2025
    • 20

    #1

    Puffin - work in progress

    ​Had the idea of crossing a jet fighter with a Submarine and started workin on this. The shape and desired abilities made me think of a Puffin hence the name.
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  • redboat219
    Admiral

    • Dec 2008
    • 3401

    #2
    I presume the front dive planes are independently controlled for pitch/roll. How about for yaw?
    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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    • Occupant
      Lieutenant, Junior Grade
      • Jan 2025
      • 20

      #3
      Yaw is a rudder ball in the tail shroud
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      • neitosub
        Lieutenant Commander

        • Nov 2021
        • 145

        #4
        Love it, looks awesome

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        • Occupant
          Lieutenant, Junior Grade
          • Jan 2025
          • 20

          #5
          Still a work in progress, played with a few iterations of ballast system. I keep trying to make things harder than they need to be (Y?). Initially wanted everything in the wet except the receiver and ESC's. Have come full circle to where only the drive motor and servo's are in the wet so a lot of the internals are changing. In the mean time getting used to resin printing - first up the canopy. Check out the before and after polishing and sealing for clarity. next up resin printing the WTC - its an odd shape to do and needs to accommodate threaded inserts. as i build this keep seeing things to fix to make it easier to print, assemble, etc...


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          Last edited by Occupant; 11-27-2025, 10:17 PM.

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