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It's is not about the current, but more about the voltage your servo's can handle.
When you use a dedicaded rx battery allways keep in mind that...

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Using a dedicated rx battery gives you more power to run stuff, using the ESC gives you about 1A, other thing can be room, inside a SD you don't have...

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In those days we builded with books and shady copies, if you where lucky real pictures from survivors, met those guys a few times during meetings in the...

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Last Batch, last winter i tried to build up a display, made those pictures to remind me which item has to stand where.



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This is about the extra things he made to support the display.



Talking about details, he made the complete winch for the Bachelstelze...

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Next batch,





A rocketlauncher for rockets type 40, the germans did some experiments launching them from submerged...

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To keep things together i decided to give the update about my mentors work on this thread, so people can find all the info in one place.
All things...

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It still amazes me how he did all the work on the Bibers, even made a Bachelstelze from scratch, gave him a 1/72 scale model sample, he made a 1/35 scale...

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Bibers are done, both re-tested if they are still watertight and added some lead.


Both Bibers ready for the plunge, first step was...

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Yup, those type VII boats keep you busy, walked the same way in the past.
Wait untill you have to make the drainholes under the waterline, those...

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30 minutes max, once did a duration test with the V80, it took about 2,5 hrs, she still was not empty.
The big VIIC has a runtime for about 6 hrs,...

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It's still hot, today around 35 degrees Celsius, did some testing with the V60 and now i have to reglue some parts, they came loose due to the heat, next...

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Romel, i tapped the power from the main bus, in this chase 6V, that LPB i use is rated at 6V, so no resistor needed.

Manfred.

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First Biber is sealed up and tested, second Biber on the bench for modifiing,



All batteries are replaced, two in the frontpart...

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Excellent that all things went well Tom, i'll keep the resin on hold just in case

Manfred.

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The batteries inside the Bibers went dead, not surpricely after all those years, in the past i allready gave them a update with new ESC's and new servo's,...

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Welcome aboard Brad, those are serious surface ships you've build, we call them targets, have fun in building a rc submarine, take my advice don't make...

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How went the operation Tom?, even when everything works at the testpool in the open water it can be different, i'm curious how that little prop will work,...

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Finally gave the XXI a decent paintjob, nice little boat to drive.





I went with the standard colours of the kriegsmarine...