Moebius Seaview Fixed Vanes

[redboat219]

HWSNBN, regarding the fixed vanes in the Seaview propulsors, as your fitting kits are hard to acquire these days, I guess a piece of plastic card makes a good alternative but can one just use the movable stern dive planes and set them at a down angle when at neutral to counter the nosedive phenomenon of the Seaview when running?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Nope. The 'neutral' position of the stern planes is as you see in the photo. This is their position with the boat at a zero pitch-angle and the stern plane servo centered.











David

[wlambing]

From the pictures it appears that neutral is at a slight rise angle, not down. This will tend to hold her nose up as she proceeds through her mission.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

From the pictures it appears that neutral is at a slight rise angle, not down. This will tend to hold her nose up as she proceeds through her mission.

Correct sir. Needed to counter the shovel-nosed SEAVIEW from plowing down at any significant submerged speed.

https://youtu.be/tFDZSy-cCi4

David

[redboat219]

From the pictures it appears that neutral is at a slight rise angle, not down. This will tend to hold her nose up as she proceeds through her mission.

When I said angled down I was referring to the position of the leading edge of the diveplane. I realize now that when we talk about diveplanes position we alway pertain to the trailing edge.

Looking back at the photo I do see that the trailing edge of the stern plane (red line) is above the horizontal pivot (green line).