Yes, that would be the plan. I’ll have to see how it looks once the deck and barbs are installed. I tend to focus more on offensive capabilities of a gun than defensive implications, but several captains have been effective with a similar set up
Good. I'm not crazy for putting a triple bow on a Standard-Type Battleship then. it'll be cool to see how it goes in both platforms. Once this TX refit is done and I get the plans for the ID, I'll start doing my own layout.
I would stick to triple sterns, way more effective on that hull. A turret would get in the way of establishing down angle on the middle and inner barrel. Good triples (stern) can be one of the most effective setups in the hobby
yeah, no. I'm doing it. the objective is to try new stuff. I've got a conventional platform built already. Who knows, maybe a triple or a dual up front will turn out to be surprisingly effective. it looks like the STBs have a short enough nose to pull it off without putting an offset angle in the mix, but we'll see how the testing and fitting out goes. If it doesn't work, then meh, it'll still be a fun boat to scoot around with.
OK, best of luck. I just try to provide perspective from the lessons learned of other builders, won’t waste any more key strokes
no worries. if the arrangement fails, at worst it'll be *Oh darn, I'll just have to remove two of the guns and change the second pump to a 1 unit* Check it out at NATS or something over a beer. you'll likely be cotton to the backup plans I'll be building into it, should the triple bow fail. Same spirit as this delightful Courbet experiment you have going here, and the thesis of a lot of @kgaigalas 's arguments last weekend--variety adds spice. BTW I'm stealing the crap out of your Gin palace pump layout. These boats are going to be straight-up Junkyard dogs. looking forward to seeing the results of your gun layout experiments.
If I remember right, I saw triple bow guns on a Viribus Unitas back at 2011 IRCWCC Nats. While potent, he had trouble getting them in play except when pouncing on someone not paying attention or in a defensive spiral. Largely because it was a 28sec ship imho.
oh good. I assume the Courbet will be pretty maneuverable, so dual bows seem like a good prospect. Me, my application will be for pouncing on the inattentive. I'd prefer to continue this thought on the next build thread though, to avoid thread hijacking.
Quick photo dump. Cut hull 8 down and packed it up for shipping Wanted to mark subdeck before cutting because once sides are cut it’s hard to get the right form when adjusting beam. Funny thing is that I spend like an extra week in the plug shaving 1/16 to 1/8 off the beam to get it perfect, easy adjustment and the sides are square with the beam at the correct dimension Stole this method from bob, my first attempt at it Cut with razor On ply, 3/16 And bow Drilled holes, way more holes than a normal hull Went with 1/4 bit here for simplicity And cut Rib thickness is good on port, a little Lowe on stbd towards the bottom, but that part will be under water. Stringers nice and thick Still need to finish casements by grinding and clean up some edges. Maybe get to shafts tomorrow
Finished cutting hull today. Shifted to grinding bit End product Pulled tape Moved towards motors. Planning for an axis drive system. Slight mod to motor mounts to give more travel Prop spacing template Pump should be able to squeeze between motors Lining up shafts Nice thing about no gel coat, can see marks through hull Marked holes Cut out Cut to length with motors Side. Need to grind down front of gearboxes a bit Quick look at layout. Less length than the past few boats 5oz bottle in front Will hopefully progress and get shafts in during the week
Keyboards are hot boys haha. Unfortunately building trumps typing for me Motor mounts in, multi step process. Made struts too, might not be relatively scale +/- 3%, piece of brass bent around a rod. Used on Agincourt, more robust than the typical kind Aligned everything close enough A few layers of mat and some filler to take up gaps under the mounts Once they dry I will tack in the shafts, tape them up, and fiberglass around, and get to the struts afterwards
Got some work don’t today, glassed the shafts in Tape first Cleaned up first epoxy job. Through-hull access key Set to go Added filler and glass Once that kicked I worked on thickness of some ribs. Tape outside Thin near bottom, under water but easy enough to fix Set to go Three layers on thin mat And done Will clean up ribs tomorrow, maybe drag shafts and epoxy in struts, possibly another hull. After shafts will be rudder post and servo mount, then water channel
Hull 9 is in the books. Didn’t get a whole lot done on mine. Shafts look good though, kudos to the kess props Here is Steve’s, he has flown through this build. I did have to remind him to not cover all 4 quadrants, so he pulled the bow gun and now has dual sterns. My fear with sterns are that they would result in ram sinks, should get an effective gun through Cleaned up the thicker ribs a bit. This is before, remarked for reference Maybe drag shafts and rudder post today
Those are Ronnie Hunt death guns, the whole thing is in that aluminum piece. Steve speaks highly of them, they seem pretty awesome, I haven’t seen them in action yet but I’ve heard good things.
Tacked in drag shafts Taped Taped inside a bit Epoxy Three Courbets Pics of steve’s, pretty clean thus far Nice solenoid mounts, 3D printed I think ...just kidding, they are pipe hangers, I will grab some to mess around with (Steve has 1000) Will be cutting hull 9, rudder post, maybe water channel. Should be productive weekend
