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[MFR1964]

I has been some time, but due to the good weather i decided to slap some paint on the boat.


First step, remove all things which i...

[MFR1964]

Got the lead shifted on the keel, now she lays straight in the water, as well under water.



Added some new antenna wires on...

[MFR1964]

A busy week. made some alterations about the charching, ran into problems opening and closing the boat each time i want to charge her.

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Mail is send

Manfred

[MFR1964]

Ken, i digged out the archives, if you want i have a Pdf about the XXIII, if you want it, give me your mailadress by PM

Manfred.

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Not really, i can extend them, but to the lack of room gobbled up by the foam, can't tilt them.

The type 17b uses a wingshaped foil to counteract...

[MFR1964]

Only for tilting the dive-planes,the mechanism for extending them is in the lower part of the boat, so no issue's with that

Manfred

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Romel,
There is no room left at the front to get my steeringrod at it's place, i need that piece of foam to get me balanced underwater.
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As Romel stated, welcome to this corner of the web, my advice to start a boat, keep it simple, no gizmo's, just a submarine which you can drive....

[MFR1964]

Balanced the Spirou and tested the basic functions




She will be a dynamic runner, so she is balanced just skimming the...

[MFR1964]

Trimmed the XXI, and some work on the Spirou which will be updated at it's thread.


It took this amount off foam to get her balanced...

[MFR1964]

Mail is send, did pretty much the same trick on some cracks in the hatches of my type VII, only used some 2K epoxyglue to fill them up.

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Do i hear my name?, right now i'm grinding my teeth on the XXI, a CB will be another story, my biggest problem is, stuffed my last receiver in the XXI,...

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Looking good, i can't wait to see some pictures in action, mine has also hit the water but needs some more foam for the trimming.

Manfre...

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Did some testing with the SD, slapped on some paint and made the first plunge in the testpool,


Since i had problems with retracting...

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David,
Nice vid what's involved running a rc submarine, both pre mission as post mission
As for my type XXIII, cg is under the middle of the...

[MFR1964]

If the XXI was on 1/72 scale it might work, but at this scale you don't have the room to get it in.

Manfred

[MFR1964]

Did some work on the forward bulkhead, and started testing if everything works.


Placed some stronger servo's and added a smaller one...