RC U-boat! | Revell 1/72 Type IXC RC Submarine Conversion
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- The long awaited Part 2 of my Type IXC U-boat project is here! Thank you all for your patience, I've been very busy with many projects since last year and I'm glad to be back making RC submarine videos again!
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Excellent workmanship .
Wow!! Incredible hunk of work there.
Thanks!
well done!! in my opinion the perfect model doesn't exist, the only thing you can do is get very close to it. Your boat works very well, and the fact that the 1/72 scale with uboats doesn't offer much space certainly didn't help you, but you knew how to work very well. Congratulations for the "lego" choice... I would never have thought of it😊
Thanks! Yes, 1/72 is certainly very tight, especially for submarines of this type. I have a Type VIIC of the same scale that I’ve yet to convert!
Try 1:144 scale i'm losing my mind trying to convert my trumpeter 1:144 gato class @@neitoRC
@@NuclearBomb-ow4zf difficulty increases significantly when it's a small scale. Have you considered the 1/72 Revell Gato kit?
@@neitoRC yeah i have it ain't cheap and electronic components ain't cheap either i've been eyeing the type 9 for a while because it is smaller than the Gato hence why this vid u made was interesting
@@neitoRC oiii neito where did you get an empty watertight cylinder from?
Brilliant job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Fantastic!
Aquarium check valves for common air pumps
Brushed motors are fine in water. We used to break then in in a cup of water.
Rust is the issue. Brushless motors usually come anodized so they don’t rust as quickly
This is very cool and well thought out. I learned so much about these rc submarines.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! This is a really cool and rewarding hobby :)
@@neitoRC it sure is. I fly rc planes and helicopters and absolutely love it.
Beautiful 👍👍
Nice work
Neito Rc is back!
some simple one way valve will stop the water going back into pump. , i use nitro or gas fuel ones , also on larger models they work great for air storage to surface any time . always room constrictions.
There are float valves that will prevent water from going into the air intake line, the challenge is always fitting components like that in such a tight space. I will still go with a water pump conversion purely because of its simplicity and reliability.
As usual, very nice presentation Nate. Will try to copy your Type IX when it comes to building mine.
Thanks! Working on modifying the WTC into a vented ballast tank system. Good old reliable water pump.
How are the Lego U-joints holding out? How about the BL motors, any problems running them wet?
Lego U-joints are running fine, BL motors are perfectly running in the wet. Routine lubrification is needed, just like with cup seals and Simmerings.
Great job! I have the same model, a polycarbonate tube, and all the electronics for two years. Your video motivates me to catch on with the project. I also fancied putting the motors outside. I also have brushless ones, but inrunners. I’d like to go as deep as 6m with a 900MHz radio. Will see if that works.
@@ocsimano729most RC subs run at periscope depth with brief excursion down averaging around 1m maxing out at 3m. Beyond that is crush depth. Even if your WTC doesn't implode there's the risk of seals leaking flooding the wtc. Also your wtc gets compressed so much that all bouyancy is lost even if you blow ballast.
How will you see to steer at that depth? Unless you're in a swimming pool or have a camera connected topside via cable you're not going to see anything.
Great video, Subscribed.
Very nice, but I do have a major question. Do you have to have an antenna above the surface? If not, how deep can you submerge and still have effective radio control?
I am controlling the sub on 75mhz which penetrates the water up to at least 1.5 meters. I’ve never gone deeper than that due to weeds and visibility.
Just started building the de reuter from scratch....im going to motorize it using a battery and salvaged electric motor...i cant steer it, but it will move providing the water isnt full of algae and the sort.....nobody makes this ship model,at least in a good scale, so i am.
try putting in end of air pump tube a fitting like you find on a snorkel mask. either that or replace the pump with a co2 cartridge
Exactly what I was thinking. Seems a bit lame to go through all the effort to make a functioning submergible system and use a 10” snorkel. So many ways to make a true air ballast system.
So you can't fully submerge ? The tower has to stay above the surface to re-emerge
it can fully submerge using speed and diving planes, but the boat is set up such that there is always slight positive buoyancy that brings the boat up to the surface. The snort ballast system requires the snorkel to be above the water for surfacing.
on you water tank why dont you have it setup to just pump in water and let the gas compress
It’s a 3D printed ballast tank so not really safe to be pressurized from the inside.