Puffin - playing with Googles Nano Banana

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Curious about workable depths with 900 mhz with the dipoles, fairly new here doing test runs on a drive system . For my test only the drive motor esc...

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Proxabrush?

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Better view of power key on the WTC inside body, canopy removed
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got the updated drive assembled, wired into the tail section, connectors backshells potted in. worked on the power distribution a bit and all seems to...

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Playing with Googles Nano Banana generating images. from top left to right, next row, repeat
1) First full sized print for proportions
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RCENGR - Channel 5 is a sport , had to move my ballast pump from channel 5 to 6. for all my current / thrust measurements have been using it successfully....

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With inputs from Bob (current target) Subculture (too fast a motor) CoPilot (impeller sizing and design) now have a respectable 7a at Max thrust of about...

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In addition to trying to reinvent the jet pump have been fixing things didn't like in the last build. The fin servos used to slide into a keyway, had...

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Kind of like the jet ski other than the motor is attached to the rudder ball and moves as a unit pivoting about the vertical axis. spent...

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water is drawn in from the bottom...

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Have you thought of 3D printing a mold (inverse of the seal) and then casting it in molding silicone. I was having a hard time with o-rings, never thought...

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The 20A is at max rpm, not sure i'll ever need that kind of power, a lower KV motor might be the answer - have gone from a 1000kv to a 580kv for this...

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Another day, another design, print, test.. more reading and googling.

Using the feedback here have a rough idea of what to shoot for. So...

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Thanks for all the info

RPMs would be interesting , not readily done - my drivetrain is in the wet so optical is out, hall effects units...

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Thanks for the info, i wanted to somehow quantify results and came up with a makeshift setup to get me better info. Attach the drive to a yardstick with...