Guest Jason L Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Lots of people have built or otherwise acquired "Water proof cases" - and they work well, right up until you trust them, then they fail. Catastrophically. Usually at the end of the season, and you won't notice until you pull things out in the spring and discover that none of your electronics are working anymore because they've been corroding in water all winter.... Water resistant is great... for a little bit of depth. It is surprising how fast water starts to infiltrate as you go deeper. The deep sea ROVs typically are filled with mineral oil or some other non-conductive uncompromisable fluid. I've thought about going that route, but never have gone so far as to do so. I have an entire JIRA/Confluence project covering the development of just such a targeting and control system as you suggest. I haven't fielded it yet - mostly because I've not had the time in the last year or so with changing jobs and moving. Maybe this winter? (hahahahahahaha) Pelicans need some upgrading to get them depth resistant to more than a few feet but that's all you need right? ROVs use a mix of pressure housings and oil immersion depending on the individual bits. Engineering water tightness isn't really that hard if you can do the machining. I do a lot of pressure vessel stuff, only had a primary door partially blow on me once. It's the damn fittings that get you. I use Swagelok Ultratorrs modified for the wiring in question as vessel passthroughs. They do pretty high pressure and water, including underwater blast without too much trouble but they are a bit pricey. Edited July 27, 2015 by Jason L
CT96 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 Why go to all the effort of machining a full watertight setup when the isopropyl dunk takes care of it for a fraction of the cost and effort? One critical lesson this hobby (and it is a hobby, after all) is that the "perfect is the enemy of the good" Sure, I may well look at a proper watertight housing on my CV6 project... but the CBE tends to favor isopropyl.
Guest Jason L Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Why go to all the effort of machining a full watertight setup when the isopropyl dunk takes care of it for a fraction of the cost and effort? One critical lesson this hobby (and it is a hobby, after all) is that the "perfect is the enemy of the good" Sure, I may well look at a proper watertight housing on my CV6 project... but the CBE tends to favor isopropyl. I just like finding excuses to machine things.
Stefan Fredriksson Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Only one person/ship driving and shooting?Do you need separate controllers for driving and turret/fire-handling? How many ships in the biggest battles? Any videos uploaded?
CT96 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 Why go to all the effort of machining a full watertight setup when the isopropyl dunk takes care of it for a fraction of the cost and effort? One critical lesson this hobby (and it is a hobby, after all) is that the "perfect is the enemy of the good" Sure, I may well look at a proper watertight housing on my CV6 project... but the CBE tends to favor isopropyl. I just like finding excuses to machine things. I can understand that, but at present my machine shop consists of a drill press and some bits. That will change as I get my garage workshop setup and fitted out in future years (right now it's piled with stuff from moving in a few months ago). Only one person/ship driving and shooting?Do you need separate controllers for driving and turret/fire-handling? How many ships in the biggest battles? Any videos uploaded?Typically it's one man one ship; there is some logic to the one pilots, one fires... but at the time we built Missouri, it would have made it essential to have two in order to battle... and that was not a sure thing. The micro-controller bit is about giving more automation allowing for the captain to offload more of the rudimentary aspects and focus on his mission. The biggest battles tend to be iron man/melees (last ship floating) competitions... most actual running engagements tend to be between 2-3 ships, though there is great fluidity in that. Few (if any) rise to the level of coordinated line of battle and the like... it's just too difficult for one person to steer and aim at the same time. I'm sure we can lay some hands on some you tube videos somewhere....
CT96 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 Australian Sink Competition: some good combat and sinking clips:
Cinaruco Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Alright, dumb things down for me. What exactly do they shoot at each other? What sort of damage does? What range? What about literal seaworthiness, can you put one of this marvelous machines in the Ocean and it will stay afloat? And how does torpedoes work? How is the game played, what are the rules and who rules them? I swear to atheist God that I will make my own Yamato one day.
Stefan Fredriksson Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Awesome. Thanks! I assume you can not elevate or dump the guns via r/c, do you have the guns slightly offset somewhat, heightwise that is?
toysoldier Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 You are nerd gods.Also, you should totally put little plastic men on deck
APF Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Alright, dumb things down for me. What exactly do they shoot at each other? What sort of damage does? What range? What about literal seaworthiness, can you put one of this marvelous machines in the Ocean and it will stay afloat? And how does torpedoes work? How is the game played, what are the rules and who rules them? I swear to atheist God that I will make my own Yamato one day.http://rcwarshipcombat.com ... and trundle on from there through the different organization sub forums Edited July 29, 2015 by APF
BansheeOne Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Y'all made me dream of steering a computer-designed, magically 3D-printed, tablet-controlled Dunkerque or Richelieu class on wheels around the family's living room fighting others on Christmas tonight. It was not much fun though due to the very limited space around the furniture and Christmas tree, and shots always bouncing off the rather solid plastic the ships were made of. Then mine somehow became a busty though otherwise rather plain woman, which I guess is another TankNet thread.
Colin Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 When men were men and vacuum tubes ruled the waves http://www.dailyturismo.com/2015/07/real-guns-1937-remote-controlled.html#more
Guest Jason L Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 lololol....some shit is going down on Imgur involving this stuff: http://imgur.com/gallery/EoOiI
CT96 Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 When men were men and vacuum tubes ruled the waves http://www.dailyturismo.com/2015/07/real-guns-1937-remote-controlled.html#moreA period article on them:http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-News/30s/Radio-News-1938-12-R.pdf And a Dave Berry comment on them around the time I was getting into the hobby:http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-11-23/features/1997327161_1_extra-brain-cells-guy-males
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