Akula R/C Submarine

Final testing of Engel Akula R/C Submarine. Testing was done in the murky and weedy waters of my development's fountain lake.

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Entertainment

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• R/C
• submarine
• Russian
• Akula
• sub

[StuffGoesBoom]

I know this may seem like a bit of a silly question, but do you recommend putting the rudder control on the left (rudder) or right (ailerons) stick? Or is it just personal preference?

[RCSubGuy]

Thanks for your comment! There is no hard and fast rule, but I like to set up my controllers where throttle is vertical on the left, rudder horizontal on the left, dive planes vertical on the right, and ballast control horizontal on the right. If there are more features that require a proportional channel, I'll move ballast control to a three-position switch instead.

[StuffGoesBoom]

Hmm... thanks for your reply. I was thinking the same thing as you up until the ballast and dive planes. The first idea that comes to mind, for me at least, is to put the dive planes and ballast on the same channel, but running the ballast through an electronic switch. The switch would be attached to Aux. 2 and thus allowing you to "turn off" the ballast system. So, in theory, my sub would be both static and dynamic. Is there any reason why no one seems to be doing this?

[RCSubGuy]

If you don't want to use your ballast system, why not just not use it? Its all a matter of preference. The only thing that I like about proportional ballast control is that its easy to just "crack" the vent so that the model can dive very slowly if you feel like it, and its really easy to add liquid air or vent it very slowly for precise hovering control with proportional control versus the on/off of a switch.

Hope that helps!

[lmogden1]

great videos

[StuffGoesBoom]

controlled by one movement, as I see no particular need for the dive planes if you have a ballast system... unless you would want to use the ballast system to obtain neutral bouncy and then use the dives planes. (hence why I want to be able to turn off the ballast system and use just the dive planes. I apologize for such a wordy answer... please keep in mind this is my first sub:), and thanks for all of your help. If you would prefer to contact me by email then please send me a personal message.

[StuffGoesBoom]

receiver that would still allow full control of the ballast system, but also allow you to "turn off" the ballast system to prevent accidental activation, or to just use the dynamic features. Now that I try to explain my idea, I don't see any way to control the switch... (because whenever I moved the elevator stick, right stick up and down, it would turn the ballast tank off...) Please let me know if you think of another way... I was just thinking it would be nice to have the "dive function" all

[StuffGoesBoom]

I think you misunderstood my question. I didn't mean to have the ballast control on a seperate toggle switch... Let me try to explain this as best as I can... My idea would be to put the dive planes (both forward and aft) into a Y harness which, in turn, connects to another Y harness. The other end of the harness would be connected to a switch which would... oh wait... I see the problem with my design... haha! i was just thinking that there could be a switch between the ballast control and the