I’ve moulded and started fitting out the first LA sub from my recently purchased moulds from Walt Burggren of California USA.
After lots of contemplation, I decided to make this one a dynamic diver. I’ve spent so much on components for the static dive systems on my other 2 subs that I need to get realistic and stop blowing dough! She’s being modelled on the “Improved LA” and as such will have bow dive planes rather than sail planes on the tower like the early ones had. They moved them to the bow to allow for surfacing in the Northern ice flows without so much stress. The sail/tower planes were rotated to the vertical to come up and cut their way through. The bow ones are retracted into the hull. The sail and top rudder pop out for the Polar Bears to play with. (There’s a video of this on my site)
I’m using another Subtech belt drive motor unit and one of my Mtronics ESCs from another boat to save dough. She’s got a removable hatch in the middle of the deck behind the tower to access the WTC which is an integral part of the hull and is formed by 2 bulkheads at either end of the mid section. It’ll have 2 lead acid, 6v, 4 amp batteries that I already had, and one will be in the WTC and the other will drown in the front wet area. I’ll run them in series for 12 volts and use the BEC in the ESC like I did in the Blueback sub to regulate the power for the receiver etc. Wow that’s a lot of abbreviations! (Ever notice how long the word “abbreviation is?). For more info and to follow the progress of this build, click here http://magpieyachts.com/building16.html
to go to the appropriate page on magpie yachts site. I’ll do some videos of it when I get to that stage too.
Jason (magpie)
This pic also shows my lovely arthritic fingers! (Rheuamtoid)
After lots of contemplation, I decided to make this one a dynamic diver. I’ve spent so much on components for the static dive systems on my other 2 subs that I need to get realistic and stop blowing dough! She’s being modelled on the “Improved LA” and as such will have bow dive planes rather than sail planes on the tower like the early ones had. They moved them to the bow to allow for surfacing in the Northern ice flows without so much stress. The sail/tower planes were rotated to the vertical to come up and cut their way through. The bow ones are retracted into the hull. The sail and top rudder pop out for the Polar Bears to play with. (There’s a video of this on my site)
I’m using another Subtech belt drive motor unit and one of my Mtronics ESCs from another boat to save dough. She’s got a removable hatch in the middle of the deck behind the tower to access the WTC which is an integral part of the hull and is formed by 2 bulkheads at either end of the mid section. It’ll have 2 lead acid, 6v, 4 amp batteries that I already had, and one will be in the WTC and the other will drown in the front wet area. I’ll run them in series for 12 volts and use the BEC in the ESC like I did in the Blueback sub to regulate the power for the receiver etc. Wow that’s a lot of abbreviations! (Ever notice how long the word “abbreviation is?). For more info and to follow the progress of this build, click here http://magpieyachts.com/building16.html
to go to the appropriate page on magpie yachts site. I’ll do some videos of it when I get to that stage too.
Jason (magpie)
This pic also shows my lovely arthritic fingers! (Rheuamtoid)
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