Mystery box things, what are they?

[Ken_NJ]

I bought one of Bob's mystery boxes. There are a bunch of items that I'm not entirely sure what they are. Some have a description on the package, but I still need more info what they are and how they might work. I did not search online yet so I figured posting here might yield better results, and maybe it would be fun.

So what are they and is there instructions someplace how they work or how they get hooked up?

ITEM #1




ITEM #2, A Kevin M item but I never saw this one before



ITEM #3 Some kind of water proof motor?



ITEM #4



ITEM #5



ITEM #6



ITEM #7



ITEM #8





ITEM #9





ITEM #10

[Subculture]

Item 4 is a Dive Manager. These were built by Mike Stothers, who later built esc’s and levellers under the Microgyros brand name. The unit you have is designed to be used with a closed cycle compressed air ballast system of the type first developed by Nick Burge and later commercialised by Craycraft. The unit can control a compressor to draw air out of a ballast tank and compress it, and also controls a servo to operate a valve to release the compressed air back into the tank. A pair of additional wires connects to some metal probes in the tank which sense the water level and shut down the compressor before it starts ingesting water. There’s also a failsafe built in which will blow the tank if you lose the signal.

I do have an instruction sheet for this unit.

[Subculture]

Item 1- rings a bell but cant put a name to it. RC sub workshop item?
Item 2- speak to Kevin. For me TCP is something I put on my finger when I cut it!
Item 3- you've already described it.
Item 4- see my first post
item 5- Mtroniks switcher https://www.mtroniks.net/prod/RC-Acc...roSwitcher.htm
item 6- looks like a voltage regulator
item 7- probably an R/C switch using a relay.
item 8- Looks like a dual ESC most likely for a tank or a boat with twin screws.
item 9- Small manual brushed motor controller.
item 10- what it says on the packet, could perhaps be used with a ballast system for level detection.

[redboat219]

TCP Torpedo Controller Pneumatic

#8 dual brushed motor esc

[Subculture]

Ah okay- you guys and your cryptic acronyms. So it splits the channel up into ten discrete outputs that can drive solenoid valves (inductive load), which means it could also drive small motors, LED's etc. Would be helpful for the owner to know the current limit of each channel.

[redboat219]

I think it was used to launch torpedoes sequentially (or possibly a salvo) using a single channel.

[Ken_NJ]

Thanks guys, this is a huge help. I did find item 10 on Amazon. Still have to look for details on the others.

ITEM #10 https://www.amazon.com/Controller-De.../dp/B091ZJDJTG

If I can find 'manuals' or instructions for the rest of them I'll try to test them.

I have other things that I know what they are that I did not post. In the end, for those things I know I will not use from the mystery box I'll make available and give away.

[trout]

Did you think you got your money worth? I did just on the transmitter. I did not play with the receiver, I need to solder a new antenna to it (I have those). There is an ESC that was in there that I used in a sub and it was stellar. So, I am happy and got my money back. I agree with Ken, those things that I will not use will be offered at the sub runs.