Float spool, float alignment mounts, and painted. the alignment posts fit inside the distribution center simple spool
It’s a simple spool attached to underside of float, so strength isn’t a key factor, the spool is printed in two halves, with a 1/8” hole down the middle for a fiberglass or stainless rod, simple printed supports. Dimensions for this specific one are 1.125” dia for the spool and about 3” long, it holds 10ft of 3/32” cord easily. I have a 10-24 screw through the bottom of the hull as a lifting anchor
10-24 screw through the hull. First battle / sea trials in the books this past weekend in NJ several things to address, needs to go on a diet, need to cut down the rats nest, going up in motor speed from 900kv to 1100, some co2 system improvements
Glad you could make it @Kevin P. Also glad that despite the weather you were able to get some valuable combat trials for South Dakota.
Some work before the Maryland battle this weekend. Shifted to larger gun hose, added a solenoid, plastic mags for weight considerations cage masts Just about ready
Updating this build with some more details I made two decks since this boat has the unique feature of having two aft triple turrets and enough units to fill them. It was a major design decision that I had to build the rest of the boat around, fitting 3 bottles and 6 aft solenoids and accumulation tanks. I’ll take some more internal pictures soon, but here are a few from testing Getting them to hit together was important, this was a shot while dialing the two groups in test on a few boats that need resheeting They need some more work to get them performing that well on the water, I ran them 1st sortie for two battles and both campaign a few shots from nats And a highlight video View: https://youtu.be/3cecqZE1dyE?si=vwh_IXgWN_73gJ4U
Very nicely done! It appears that you had the same problem I had, of not realizing how close your stern guns were really hitting. I'm afraid that I dumped too many shots in the water Monday and Tuesday.
Yes, the on board camera is enlightening, explains why our hit rates are so low some pictures of internals 6 aft solenoids and accumulation tanks Bow section Tubing for mags from weight restrictions, space for pump Aft aimers, need to hold both ends of barrels to really get them to hit together, tips can adjust up and down About at the convergence point Working on guns a bit before the nj battle
