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Wonderful News!!!!! Some of the finest r/c submarine hulls ever produced came from the very skilled hands of Dave Manley....

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True Craftsmanship on display here. Much to learn from this guy!

Bob: a 'coffee table' type book chronicling your many wonderful scratch-built...

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That first (and I can assure you will be my LAST) boat to employ this bottom access was the very clean-hull AKULA. That subject has nothing to get in...

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I did my first r/c submarine like that. Never again!...

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And the gloves come off! "Welcome... To Thunderdome!"

Sometimes a bloody-nose is all it takes to reconsider one's position and...

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A single 1/8" diameter brass indexing-pin secured to the bottom of the lower hull fits a hole drilled through the ballast tank of the WTC. The indexing-pin...

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Here's how I did the linkages on your amazing little SEAL delivery boat:



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No longer available. But, I'm giving one to Howard at the event. Maybe he'll let you drive it around for a bit.

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The bad-batch issue was about AD's, not AD2's. And Kevin fixed all the bad AD's I sent him. Quick and well explained fixes. Very good service. Reach out...

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Some pumps (centrifugal and diaphragm for example) pump in only direction regardless of shaft direction of rotation). Maybe that's the issue?...

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KingArt, Artist Mixed Media Gel Sticks. Walmart super-stores carry this and other nifty mediums of use to we sicko r/c model submarine types....

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Go to a lower temperature solder, either Tin-Lead or Tin-Antimony. Use an acid flux. You'll eventually figure the process out.


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1. Try the water soluble 'smear' colors. You can feather them and mix to achieve varied color transitions down the length of the smear/streak. If you...

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Beautiful!

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To be fair, Jake is very conscientious about doing the pre-mission checks. That coupled with his caution on that 'first dive of the day' -- where the...