British K Class Submarines

[Kazzer]

I have the plans from the Admiralty/shipyard and hope to get them scanned in a couple of days!

[Subculture]

[Subculture]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Andy,

Excellent shots of the R. Thank you so much. Wonder if there is a viable market out there for a kit of this earliest of ASW submarines?

Tell me, how did the r/c model of this craft perform?

David,

[Subculture]

It goes very well, really slips through the water- much like a modern nuke.

However turning isn't great. Dave Forrest who built the model in the top picture enlarged the rudders, which helped alot, but it still struggles to get round in a small pool/pond. It's a quite a chunky model at 1/32nd scale, so Dave made up a little auxiliary thruster which he clips underneath the boat when operating in tight confines. This is controlled from a separate TX/RX using some homemade electronics. The TX is basic- it just has a toggle switch which gives a bang-bang full left or full right, but it works very well.