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Well, after much pulling out of hair, grinding of teeth and numerous colorful dialogues between myself and the contents of my workbench, I am very happy to say that I've successfully built and tested a trio of 32nd scale electric torpedoes for my Type VII project.
The bodies were 3D printed. Electronic timers were sourced with a 6 second on state. Trigger is a NO reed switch. Power comes from a 1s LiPo.
During testing, the weapons ran straight and true despite no counter active fins to offset the propeller torque. Speed is just about right in my opinion and the video above shows slightly slower footage underwater and normal time on the surface so you can see for yourself. Battery life is really exceptional and I'm guessing you could do a day at the pond without need for recharge (after all, you're only doing 6 seconds of run time per launch!).
Loading should be able to be accomplished with the boat still buttoned up and likely even still in the water if I am guessing correctly, making for the possibility of a lot of successive launches in a very short period of time.
The R/C boat has twin forward tubes and one aft. She'll be armed for bear!
I should have a final video of the finished boat with weapons operational very soon.
For now, enjoy!
The bodies were 3D printed. Electronic timers were sourced with a 6 second on state. Trigger is a NO reed switch. Power comes from a 1s LiPo.
During testing, the weapons ran straight and true despite no counter active fins to offset the propeller torque. Speed is just about right in my opinion and the video above shows slightly slower footage underwater and normal time on the surface so you can see for yourself. Battery life is really exceptional and I'm guessing you could do a day at the pond without need for recharge (after all, you're only doing 6 seconds of run time per launch!).
Loading should be able to be accomplished with the boat still buttoned up and likely even still in the water if I am guessing correctly, making for the possibility of a lot of successive launches in a very short period of time.
The R/C boat has twin forward tubes and one aft. She'll be armed for bear!
I should have a final video of the finished boat with weapons operational very soon.
For now, enjoy!
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