RC Subs in Depth

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Beginner info on RC submarines

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RC Submarines. . . : 

1 RC Submarines. . .

SubRegatta 2008 TV promo : 

2 SubRegatta 2008 TV promo

Remote Controlled Model Subs : 

3 Remote Controlled Model Subs Have been around since late 1800’s

Nikola Tesla ~ 1897 : 

Nikola Tesla ~ 1897 4

Why Submarines? : 

5 Why Submarines? Childhood interest in subs and their history.

Why Submarines? : 

6 Why Submarines? Building models Watching movies

Why Submarines? : 

7 Why Submarines? 1964 ~ “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”

Why Submarines? : 

8 Why Submarines? Like the mechanical challenge

Why Submarines? : 

9 Why Submarines? Like electronic challenge

Why Submarines? : 

10 Why Submarines? The scale modeling challenge Real USSR Alfa attack sub Scale model Alfa

Why Submarines? : 

11 Why Submarines? Fame and Fortune?

Why Submarines? : 

12 Why Submarines? Get chicks!

Why bother? You can’t see ‘em can ya? : 

13 Why bother? You can’t see ‘em can ya? Pools are great

Visibility? : 

14 Visibility? Clear lakes

Visibility? : 

15 Visibility? Polarizing sunglasses help No polarizing With polarizing

Visibility? : 

16 Visibility? Stay at periscope depth or on surface in murky water! Akula by Martin Calleja Jeff Jones U-Boat

How Does the Radio Signal Get to the Sub? : 

17 How Does the Radio Signal Get to the Sub? Amazingly well ~ depends on: Depth Distance Water chemistry Antenna can be submerged - except in saltwater Martin Calleja’s Akula in the saltwater harbor at Malta

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

18 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Dynamic and static diving systems

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

19 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Dynamic diving No ballast tank Dive planes only

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

20 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Dynamic diving pro and con ~ Pro: safe, simple and often less expensive Con: must operate at greater than scale speed to stay down and needs to be trimmed lower in the water than ballast tank subs.

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

21 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Dynamic diving sub kits ~ Dumas makes Akula and USS Bluefish, Robbe the U47 and Krick has a Type VII U-boat

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

22 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ need a ballast tank

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

23 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ ballast tank Pro: more scale-like diving and surfacing Con: more to go wrong, generally more costly

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

24 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ pump ballast tanks

Pump ballast subs : 

25 Pump ballast subs SubTech U.S.S. Albacore kit U.S.S. Albacore as modeled by Skip Asay

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

26 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving – pump with flexible tank

Flexible bladder ballast system : 

27 Flexible bladder ballast system U.S.S. Gato as modeled by “Big Dave” Welch

Flexible bladder ballast system : 

28 Flexible bladder ballast system “Big Dave” Welch ballast kit.

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29 Flexible bladder ballast system “Big Dave” Welch ballast kit.

Flexible ballast tank : 

30 Flexible ballast tank Confederate H.L. Hunley modeled by Tim Smalley

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

31 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ semi-rigid ballast tank

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

32 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving – piston ballast tank

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

33 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ piston ballast tank

Piston boats ~ hovering : 

34 Piston boats ~ hovering

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

35 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ air compressor operated ballast tank

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

36 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ airbrush propellant or CO2 operated ballast tank

How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? : 

37 How Do RC Subs Dive and Surface? Static diving ~ airbrush propellant operated ballast tank Small World Models compressed gas ballast tanks

Pressure Hull or Water Tight Cylinder? : 

38 Pressure Hull or Water Tight Cylinder? Pressure hull ~ Lots of room but very heavy

Pressure Hull or WTC? : 

39 Pressure Hull or WTC?

Pressure Hull or Water Tight Cylinder? : 

40 Pressure Hull or Water Tight Cylinder? With WTC - most of hull is free flooding.

Problematic Porpoising! : 

41 Problematic Porpoising! Need an angle keeping device Helicopter gyros not very effective Instead, use APC device with liquid sensor or motion sensor.

Radios – 75 Mhz : 

42 Radios – 75 Mhz

How many channels? : 

43 How many channels? One for each function Speed control Stern planes Rudder Ballast tank Bow planes Lights, torpedoes, etc, etc

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How About Torpedoes? : 

45 How About Torpedoes? You bet! (But unarmed of course…)

How About Torpedoes? : 

46 How About Torpedoes? Airbrush propellant or electric

Missiles? : 

47 Missiles? Sure! Pyro, CO2 or airbrush propellant Dr. Art Broder loads a missile into firing position.

On-board Video? : 

48 On-board Video? So far, wireless video hasn’t been practical due to limited signal strength. Local TV news crew shoot video of Dr. Qazi Khusro’s video equipped Akula

On-board Video? : 

49 On-board Video? However ~ one vendor is selling a periscope mounted video camera.

Oregon Scientific Action Cam video camera : 

Oregon Scientific Action Cam video camera 50

Oregon Scientific Action Cam video camera : 

Oregon Scientific Action Cam video camera 51

Oregon Scientific Action Cam video camera : 

52 Oregon Scientific Action Cam video camera

What if it doesn’t come back up? : 

53 What if it doesn’t come back up? Need a Failsafe device ~ Missing pulse sensor to blow ballast. MCD SubSafe also has a leak sensor that blows ballast if water is detected.

What If It Doesn’t Come Back up? : 

54 What If It Doesn’t Come Back up? Go for a swim! Rich Kohbrecher’s fleetboat nearly trapped by the weed monster! Tim Smalley dives for Joe Oliver’s U-boat caught in the weeds at a SubRegatta.

Where do I buy a kit? : 

55 Where do I buy a kit? Can’t just walk into the corner hobby shop to buy an RC submarine kit and find someone who actually knows about the hobby. Need to go to a specialist!

Where do I buy a kit? : 

56 www.rcboats.com Albacore Marlin Dumas – USS Bluefish and Russian Akula Thundertiger research sub Where do I buy a kit?

Thundertiger research sub : 

57 Thundertiger research sub

Or – buy hull, Water-Tight Cylinder and electronics “ala carte” : 

58 Or – buy hull, Water-Tight Cylinder and electronics “ala carte” Big Dave Welch and Caswell Plating Several Hulls and various sized Water Tight Cylinders

Or – Buy hull, water-tight cylinder and electronics “ala carte” : 

59 Or – Buy hull, water-tight cylinder and electronics “ala carte”

Or Scratch-Build : 

60 Or Scratch-Build Hull

Or Scratch-build : 

61 Or Scratch-build WTC

Scratch Build Hull & “Internals” : 

62 Scratch Build Hull & “Internals” Rick Galinson’s “ visible sub”

Buy one that’s Ready to Run : 

63 Buy one that’s Ready to Run SubCommittee.com website or Ebay

How much?!!!!! : 

64 How much?!!!!! Anywhere from about $500 on up depending on the kit, type of radio, etc. For more advanced model ~ figure on $1200+

More Information? : 

65 More Information? Books from www.traplet.com

More Information?Join The SubCommittee : 

66 More Information?Join The SubCommittee 80 page quarterly magazine Annual SubRegatta and regional fun runs www.SubCommittee.com

My Thanks To: : 

67 My Thanks To: Ray Mason ~ SubRegatta videos D&E Miniatures ~ diving systems SubTech ~ electronics and kits Deep Sea Designs ~ sub plans Antoine Lenormand ~ sub in pool photo Gary Gray ~ misc. photos Johann Heiszwolf ~ ballast tank drawings Martin Calleja ~ video of Akula M. Klancnik ~ photo of ballast tank system

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68 Tim Smalley’s HL Hunley on the workbench

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69 Alvin research sub steerable thruster

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70 USS Blueback on patrol

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71 9 year old Luke Calleja of Malta works on his rubber powered H.L. Hunley

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72 An RC French Surcouf fires a salvo with real black powder cannons.

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73 Greg Sharpe scuba dives with this sub and transmitter in a watertight housing!

Slide 74: 

74 Britt Boyette at the San Francisco Military Regatta with his high-speed NASCAR Albacore.

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75 Ted Schulte’s Type VIIc skulks on the bottom of the pond at the Denver show in 2002.

Slide 76: 

76 Tim Smalley’s Alfa at periscope depth.

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77 Jeff Jones‘ U-boat was totally scratch-built.

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78 Tim Smalley’s USS Blueback

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79 Jeff Jones and his torpedo equipped U-boat

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