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Originally Posted by mbauer
I'm liking this sub the more I think about it.
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Thanks!
Partly. Is my upgrading of a very basic late 1960s early 1970s design from a book for kids.
Only took me 30 years to get around to building it!
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Or are there kits somewhere?
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Not that I know of.
My model was based on instructions which are one of the projects in back of this book.
Model in book has no stern planes; rudder is sheet tin you bend; screw is likewise bent out of sheet tin; and the rest is likewise that basic.
honestly, the following images may be just showing off.
They are from around 2005 - 2007
Wound and trimmed right this thing has hit 7 feet deep.
Note last image, hazy dark spot under bow is pool drain.
Model is ballasted to float with deck awash.
Is dynamic diving, with power on it is forced to dive until running out of winds.
Beginnings of one for a friend in 2008 will give a hint at construction method.
Bottom is 1/2 inch thick balsa plank. Sides are 1/4 thick. Deck 1/8 thick.
Here's full album, includes a short video from a couple years ago.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskzXRFGp
Pool person was enlisted to take video with my camera. For some reason they didn't get the full run. Sub will go full length of that pool with last 20% on surface. In shorter pool in town where model was built it would tag far end while still submerged.