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No problems with thin casted resin parts, those things are a bit tiny and have to be handled with care.


Manfred....

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The Kilo is a bit small for my taste, but ideal to hook up interested people, especially during poolruns, due to the size it's a nice boat to keep your...

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Romel,

Thickness is 5 mm, used 2K epoxyglue, during curing placed them in the vice, released them after 24 hrs

Manfred.

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Tom, yeah it's the trumpeters kit, had it laying around in the stash, must be at least a decade or so.
The intension is a kind of recruiting boat,...

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Since too many pics at once is giving problems, the next batch,




Unpacking the nose, last step is to remove the foil...

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Made some progress on the rudder and diveplanes, also some work how to fasten the upper hull part without using tools,



Getting...

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Romel,

Floodholes are on the list, first dive-planes and rudder, doing things step by step

Manfred.

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All cradles are in and glued tight, ready for the next step



Done this just like David does, used a bright light...

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Romel,

Using a double servo arm creates other issue's, when pulling on one door you have to push on the other door, so you have to design...

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Had the same issue with the spirou, ended up low tech, placed the prop just outside of the tapered end and added a kurtnozzle for steering, works fine,...

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Pretty much the same system i did on the XXI, only disadvantage, you open both doors at the same time.
On my XXIII i can open the doors seperatly...

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David. she's a nice little submarine, just build out of the box a good submarine to start with, hope to infect more people by letting them drive her,...

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SD tested in the pool, 2 minor leaks, one near the vent and another by one of the inner bulkheads, for now she's approved, started working on the hull...

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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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