ALARM! Looks good and handles well in the water, Terry. Impressed with the speed. My sister had a house with a large in ground pool in the 1980s and I could not, not scratch build a Jules Verne Nautilus. Following the description from the novel the model was accurate. One meter long, powered by an internal, synthetic rubber cord that would propel it approximately 50 meters. Adjustments to make it almost neutral buoyant, the diving planes would keep it at a set hight while moving forward to a maximum depth of about 1.5 meters. More of an experiment that would be done to develop a RC functioning sub than an end goal the model looked cool running underwater and that was enough for me.
nice video terry, given the massive losses suffered by the U boat arm in the war, that was a nice tribute in your video, some years ago I built a hasagawa type IX U boat, that could be built as a replica kit or a passive diving motorised model, it had front dive planes set to submerge, that would drive it underwater from the thrust of the motor, then on the conning tower it had a not actually realistic at all radar dish, on a arm that was pushed backwards by the water flow, in turn connected to the rear dive planes to set them to surface. given how leaky it was when i tested it in the bath, it never saw a pond or river! plus, not being actually remote controlled, (motor was switched on or off, thats it) if you forgot to set the rudder to make big turns it would be away in a straight line until the batteries went flat.
It is always butt clenching when you send one of these out on the water...there's always a worry, no matter how much tub testing you do, that she would be lost if a real river boat zipped by....which came very close to happening when i took my s100 out for a spin! I still have plans to do a full submersible build on the Revell 1/72 US Navy Gato within the next couple of years. A Type 9 would be cool if and when i get my hands on one. (1/72 Revell version)
Awsome submarine and conversion 👏👏 my girlfriend just gave me a platinum edition v11c for my bday and been looking into rc submarines for some time. Glad to find and TH-cam who's doing it 👌 Could I ask if your using the resin tops on your sub? And where would I source them please. Many thanks
Back when this kit was first released , pretty soon after a company released a full rc upgrade kit. Cant remember the name of the company. Worth a google search if you dont fancy scratch building the RC stuff. Its a cracking build even without the RC.
In a similar vein, i've been looking at scratch building from balsa wood an Eagle from Space 1999, ripping apart a drone and having a go at making it fly !! :)
Very nice video. I saw the reflection of the gull and wondered will we have and action replay of dive bombing the U boat. I hope you took your waterproof leggings just in case it didn't come back.
LOL. Thing is i actually took some long bamboo sticks with me, a roll of gaffer tape to join them together and a bit of coat hanger fashioned into a hook just in case she lost power or started sinking !!!
ALARM! Looks good and handles well in the water, Terry. Impressed with the speed.
My sister had a house with a large in ground pool in the 1980s and I could not, not scratch build a Jules Verne Nautilus.
Following the description from the novel the model was accurate. One meter long, powered by an internal, synthetic rubber cord that would propel it approximately 50 meters. Adjustments to make it almost neutral buoyant, the diving planes would keep it at a set hight while moving forward to a maximum depth of about 1.5 meters. More of an experiment that would be done to develop a RC functioning sub than an end goal the model looked cool running underwater and that was enough for me.
The Nautilus, such an iconic design! .I have the 1941 USN Gato 1/72 by Revell to build at some point.and I definately intend to go full R/C.
nice video terry, given the massive losses suffered by the U boat arm in the war, that was a nice tribute in your video, some years ago I built a hasagawa type IX U boat, that could be built as a replica kit or a passive diving motorised model, it had front dive planes set to submerge, that would drive it underwater from the thrust of the motor, then on the conning tower it had a not actually realistic at all radar dish, on a arm that was pushed backwards by the water flow, in turn connected to the rear dive planes to set them to surface. given how leaky it was when i tested it in the bath, it never saw a pond or river! plus, not being actually remote controlled, (motor was switched on or off, thats it) if you forgot to set the rudder to make big turns it would be away in a straight line until the batteries went flat.
It is always butt clenching when you send one of these out on the water...there's always a worry, no matter how much tub testing you do, that she would be lost if a real river boat zipped by....which came very close to happening when i took my s100 out for a spin! I still have plans to do a full submersible build on the Revell 1/72 US Navy Gato within the next couple of years. A Type 9 would be cool if and when i get my hands on one. (1/72 Revell version)
Awsome submarine and conversion 👏👏 my girlfriend just gave me a platinum edition v11c for my bday and been looking into rc submarines for some time. Glad to find and TH-cam who's doing it 👌
Could I ask if your using the resin tops on your sub? And where would I source them please. Many thanks
Back when this kit was first released , pretty soon after a company released a full rc upgrade kit. Cant remember the name of the company. Worth a google search if you dont fancy scratch building the RC stuff. Its a cracking build even without the RC.
I recognized that music. Too funny, You should consider building a Skydiver.
In a similar vein, i've been looking at scratch building from balsa wood an Eagle from Space 1999, ripping apart a drone and having a go at making it fly !! :)
Great lesson and awesome model!
😁 Thankyou Anthony 👍
Very nice video. I saw the reflection of the gull and wondered will we have and action replay of dive bombing the U boat. I hope you took your waterproof leggings just in case it didn't come back.
LOL. Thing is i actually took some long bamboo sticks with me, a roll of gaffer tape to join them together and a bit of coat hanger fashioned into a hook just in case she lost power or started sinking !!!
Very nice Terry another great informative video and she looks great in the water plus not a drain or stone in sight lol
LOL, you make me happy!😁👍👍👍👍
Loved the video bro 🤘🔥👌❤️👍
Thank you mate 😁👍👍
excellent buddy
Cheers Lindsey😁👍
Really cool. 🚢
Thankyou GoForIt 😁👍
nice
Thank you 😁