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David,
I probably missed a memo somewhere but the Sub Driver I got with my used Skipjack is 3" OD. The replacement SD25J(A or K) is 2.5". Is this correct?
My God man, my fat little fingers need more room not less.
I probably don't need a new Sub Driver, although the old one has seen better days, but I thought I'd get some experience assembling a new one which I may be able to use in more then one sub while trying to salvage as many parts from the old Sub Driver as I can.
Aside from my whining about the smaller size is the new one pretty much a "drop in" replacement for the old one? I realize that the sub will have to be rebalanced and new push rods made and new saddles made and... Forget what I said about "drop in".
BTW, I know I'm on thin ice here but you know what would be really neat? If the tube between the battery compartment and the engine room passing through the ballast tank was large enough to pass a standard Futaba connector then electronics could also be mounted in the forward compartment with the servos in the back. I've done this on another sub and it's slicker then owl (droppings). I mounted the receiver up front to get it as far away from the motor as possible. The extended length of servo control cable did not seem to cause any trouble, YMMV.
Dan
I probably missed a memo somewhere but the Sub Driver I got with my used Skipjack is 3" OD. The replacement SD25J(A or K) is 2.5". Is this correct?
My God man, my fat little fingers need more room not less.
I probably don't need a new Sub Driver, although the old one has seen better days, but I thought I'd get some experience assembling a new one which I may be able to use in more then one sub while trying to salvage as many parts from the old Sub Driver as I can.
Aside from my whining about the smaller size is the new one pretty much a "drop in" replacement for the old one? I realize that the sub will have to be rebalanced and new push rods made and new saddles made and... Forget what I said about "drop in".
BTW, I know I'm on thin ice here but you know what would be really neat? If the tube between the battery compartment and the engine room passing through the ballast tank was large enough to pass a standard Futaba connector then electronics could also be mounted in the forward compartment with the servos in the back. I've done this on another sub and it's slicker then owl (droppings). I mounted the receiver up front to get it as far away from the motor as possible. The extended length of servo control cable did not seem to cause any trouble, YMMV.
Dan
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