I just picked up your book. A wealth of information. I recommend the book for the beginner or expert.

A correction, Scott Terrey originated the hull kit, I did all the appendages, running gear, and WTC.

That’s one hell of a turning radius.

I love the channel and have been a member of the DiveTribe for a few years now. Excellent information at all times.

I'm sorry but i can't resist the urge to note that your radio transmitter looks like 790 , the robot head from the video series LEXX. sorry....

Awesome boat. I'll have to add one to the fleet.

Nimble little masterpiece 👏👏

Back in 1985 I attended an awards ceremony for the engineer in charge of putting Albacore on display at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Officer's club. Three of the four framed pictures in the dining room were photographs of the Albacore. The fourth was a painting of the Thresher.

Nice boat

Wow

Analytics!

X-tails tend to benefit from a bit of expo on the pitch if the radio has that facility.

Hi, i see behind you and to your left on your storage boxes a model of the 007 Lotus car/submarine, do you or have you built one as a functioning vessel as yet ?

Although my vehicle of choice is different, I'm a hobbyist as well. But because of that hobby, my curiosity does go into other areas of hobby. Such as submarines. But I do have to admit, if I were to ever pursue an interest into the RC submarine hobby world, I could only ever see myself being able to enjoy a submarine of this caliber. What I mean by that is that this one is as fully functional as a "submarine" is by it's very nature. Such as I don't believe I would be able to ever enjoy a submarine that doesn't actually submerce more than the control sys can be maintained. Such as a model they can only submerce everything except the antenna, because it's using something like 2.4 gigahertz. To me that's just not being fully submerged.

does it come with a cylinder with the kit

Many people do not realize that 2.4 Ghz radio systems do not work thru water. So if you have a working 75 KHz system, don't be thinking that you shud "update it" to 2.4 Gig. Similarly for UHF cameras, they don't work once the sub goes down.

@rodclark4485

2 жыл бұрын

Edit; "working 75 MHz system"...damn autocorrect

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, 2.4ghz does not go through water, but most experienced sub captains don't go below periscope depth in any water that is not crystal clear (which is exceptionally rare) . Hence... the "advantage" of the old, low frequency radios is immediately lost.

Hey, love your videos, I always wanted to build a submarine myself but I have no experience in rc vehicles at all, especially underwater vehicles. Where should I start? I guess somewhere at the electronic parts, my only experience is fighting an LED with an raspberry :/

@Keon_MkIX

2 жыл бұрын

The youtube channel flite test has a beginner series meant for people getting into RC airplanes but it gives a good explanation of RC electronics in general

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I have a book I wrote that explains the fundamentals!: www.rc-submarine.com/product-page/diving-deep-how-to-build-and-operate-an-rc-submarine

Thank you for your videos! What kind of motor is used for this sub? I'm in the process of building my first rc sub (SMX31E from Naval Group) and it will be close to this size and I'm struggling with the choice of the motor. Cheers!

@RCSubGuy

Жыл бұрын

It's just a standard, small brushed motor running through a gearbox. Cheap and easy to find!

@ockay16

Жыл бұрын

@@RCSubGuy Thanks for the reply. Do you know the approximate RPM ?

@RCSubGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@ockay16 I would aim for 4000 max

I wish there was a better explanation of how the counter rotation worked

I’d really like to know what happened to the project about the League Nautilus.

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Still on the docket... just need the time to finish her up!

What is the sub behind you

How fast is this one submerged and how long can it go at max speed?

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing it would hit about 8mph at full throttle. Endurance at full throttle would likely be about 15 to 20 minutes, but it would be exceptionally rare to operate it like that.

👍👍

How does the radio work underwater?

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly as it does above the surface. Radio waves propagate through the medium and transmit data to the receiver. Impurities in the water can cause significant reduction in range, as does the air/water interface, meaning that the further away you are, the more waves that "skip" off the surface and don't make it to the boat.

Did you ever get the Seaquest dsv finished?

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

As an RC model? No, I haven't had the time, but the kit has been out for ages now. It's on my site.

@doomedsoul1696

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCSubGuy understandable, hope you get to finish it someday because if anyone can get it to work like it did in the show it would be you.

Hi Bob. Just a question about the remote on/off switch module you're using. These are 433 mhz 12v, right? No problem running them on 2S (7.4v)?

@RCSubGuy

2 жыл бұрын

The heavy duty switches run on 12V (though they work on 11.1V). My smaller 10A units run on 6 to 12V.

what if you took and made a sub with the design of the SR-71 Blackbird I bet that would really move fast contact me and let me know if you are going to give it a try and let me know also how it worked out