Gangelt Germany 2026

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In general the SD is ready to be tested in the pool, let's see if she is watertight, if not, fix those leaks, got the box with the kilo out of the storage...

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Some more work on the SD, i did counter a problem,





In this configuration i started with testing, everything worked,...

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Done some work on the V60, a few things had to be improved,



First issue on the bench, that keel component was a bit loose,...

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Same for me Bob, have them inside the V80, running them on 12V also, the one venting the ballasttank has a 11 Ohm resistor inline, this one has to work...

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https://youtu.be/rvGnbHl0fS4?si=jmKfTyComqlBI5rG

The walk of shame, the V60 had to be safed by a target, the driveshaft came loose, there...

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Yup, those germans go for speed and complexity, learned a lot from that old guy (80 years) who build the Albacore.

I do have more pictures...

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Last batch of the stands.





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Those are the stands during the event, lots of differend models present.







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The front part, holding the arduino with depthkeeper, and a kind of circuit which is being used to monitor the...

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Second try, the first post wasn't approved due to much pictures at once,

This event was during three days, we arrived on friday,
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Romel,

I've used in the past two ways, one is, tie it into the 4,8 volt from the BEC, second is, use a resistor into the circuit of the LPB...

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Lots of models present during three days

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Romel, Using a switch is a usefull low tech solution when you don't have enough channels on your receiver, had the complete LPB laying around, enough...

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Had to order a new ESC, found a complete LPB unit, deleted the switch on the servo and got me a motor which will fit inside the SD
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Romel,
Saving me the hassle of making more grooves for another set of O rings, due to the design of the SD you can reach everything without removing...

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https://youtu.be/O7JGFjIqOPQ?si=ybiAFMxj2krgL50n

Made this vid some months ago, showing how you build up the V60, thought i had placed this...

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https://youtu.be/EHsm53WilZE?si=UwkXIX_tbgSSNlYt

Got me some playtime with the torpedo launchsystem build inside the type XVIIb.
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Grooves for the O rings are done, digged in the spare part drawers and got me some usefull parts from the past,



Making this...

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Glued together the disks which will be the bulkheads and did some work on the lathe



Glued both disks for both bulkheads and...