Gearing, Gearing, Capitani

Discussion in 'Warship Builds' started by Nate G, Mar 24, 2019.

  1. Nate G

    Nate G Well-Known Member

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    BC lite-03 alone: 66 grams or 2.33 ounces
    KEG REG w gauge and knob removed and brass plug added: 104.5 gm, or 3.7 ounces
    BC reg + threaded adapter:109.9 gm or 3.87 oz.
    empty 18 gm CO2 cart: 41.6 g or 1.46 oz.

    KEGREG is a 0-150 max adjustment on this model
     
  2. Nate G

    Nate G Well-Known Member

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    Post-Nats report:
    for a variety of reasons, I ran the Gearing the full week at Nats.
    Cannon - The Predator flat out works. hits hard and , once set up properly, did not double for me. did not have to touch the tweak the rest of the week. This needs good gas flow and with a big tank and the BC ultralight reg, it works great.
    Regulator - the beverage regulator works but getting the full 150 psi can be tricky and units vary. The one I used at Nats went easily to about 135 and when I tried to use a wrench to get it higher, it zoomed to hose bursting pressure. When used at a lower safe pressure, it operated the gun "OK" but not with the 5 shot performance of the BC reg. After the first battle, I changed to that for the duration and was quite happy.
    Pump - the stock pump is a good buy. For $10 it is a set it in the boat and forget it easy to use. If you battle carefully as a destroyer and stay out of trouble, it will handle damage satisfactorily. If you get a little too frisky, you will sink. I changed to the BC micro pump. It works great! I had one sitting around that I bought many years ago, swapped it in and it moves water well. after about 2 days , it gave out and started making screeching noises and bad vibrations. When disassembled, I found that the original motor had a plastic bushing on the output. I had never used it in battle only home testing. also, to make speed, I had gone from 2S to 3S and it couldn't take the strain. Not having a good 3S capable replacement in my box, Brian Lamb kindly loaned me his spare motor and mount. It did well.
    more to come. need to go back to work.
     
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