Moebius Seaview Submarine

[PaulC]

Cool video. Will be working to emulate that.

[Michael Laubach]

Great Build David! I am going to have to take my Teskey Seaview out of storage and get it running again. It was built back in 1999/2000. It is time for a full refit. I know that this sub is very difficult to get running correctly, but that is what is part of the challenge and the fun! I watched your video of the first outing. Boy, what a nice day! Too bad no one had any torpedoes to shoot across the target's path. Ha Ha

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David, how effective are the sail planes on Seaview -- are they necessary given the size/configuration of the stern planes?

Providing the boat is in perfect submerged trim and a pair of vanes (angled to direct the thrust 'up' in order to produce a nose 'up' moment -- to counteract the natural nose-down tendency of the design) are set into the nozzles, then I've found the sail planes to be effective in managing depth. You can see them at work here: https://youtu.be/DYVTNzmNIrM at 4:52

David

[PaulC]

David, how effective are the sail planes on Seaview? I would assume they are necessary given the size/configuration of the stern planes.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

https://youtu.be/tFDZSy-cCi4

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I'm loading video of today's cluster-**** to YouTube right now. Film at Eleven.

David

[trout]

I so appreciate your willing to create and see. Some ideas are hobby changing and others are not so much. The bigger part is you share honestly how it ran.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Verrrrry interesting..
so, how did it go?

This first pool run was without auxillery vanes in the nozzels. I was hoping the pressure differential across the stern would push the nose up when cruising in submerged trim. Nope: the same dive-of-death each and every SEAVIEW I've assembled and operated has done without the vanes. So, on they go. Otherwise excellent turning radius, and the SD came back bone-dry. I could hold depth (barely) at a high bell, but when I slowed, it started to look like the first reel of the movie, 'Flight'. And I ain't rolling out of this.

David

[trout]

Verrrrry interesting..
so, how did it go?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David,
I do not see bow planes like you have used in the past. Are you planing on adding some in?

I'm doing the maiden run of this model this morning at the local diver training pool. No, I won't make the bow planes on this 'movie' SEAVIEW practical. I'm counting on the low pressure at the bottom of the stern to solve the 'pitch down' problem encountered on this design. So, only stern planes and sail planes as active means of pitch and depth control. Film at eleven!



David

[trout]

David,
I do not see bow planes like you have used in the past. Are you planing on adding some in?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Almost two year old thread, time to breath some life into it. I've assembled and trimmed the movie SEAVIEW and will be running it at our first show of the year, at the local JCC outdoor pool for the big Israel Fest.





















David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Busted!

M

[bwi 971]

I also see a couple of stitches in your thumb, ouch. Any great story to that? Like fighting a bear or disabling a bomb thus saving the world? or is it a ritual you do when building to truly put your blood, sweat, and tears into this hobby?

Three of 'em. An offering to the great SEAVIEW God. Not much to this pagan ritual: just get sloppy with the X-Acto knife when slicing off the superstructure.

Nice try David but we both know that’s bollocks.......YOU JUST AIRBRUSHED THOSE STITCHES........……so all of us would feel bad that we were harassing you with questions about the delivery of our orders ….......good red shading on the stitches too man congrats ALMOST like the real stuff.

Grtz,
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David,
do I see a missile hatch to be opened? Possible firing a missile???? or is that just some extra detailing?
I also see a couple of stitches in your thumb, ouch. Any great story to that? Like fighting a bear or disabling a bomb thus saving the world? or is it a ritual you do when building to truly put your blood, sweat, and tears into this hobby?

Yeah, when Gary Kerr designed the movie SEAVIEW he got nuts and went whole-hog on this kit. It's in the same position of the open POLARIS missile hatch seen in the last reel of the movie. The provided little scale model of the missile, and a clear plastic exhaust plume are also provided. I'll button up this hole with the kit parts when the time comes.



Three of 'em. An offering to the great SEAVIEW God. Not much to this pagan ritual: just get sloppy with the X-Acto knife when slicing off the superstructure.