Sub driver MOEBIUS SKIPJACK Instruction Manual

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The Fittings Kit!

Marking Off, Test Fitting, and Punching holes!

Assembling the Aft Dive Planes & Rudder!

Cutting the Hull for the Z Type Conﬁguration!

Drilling and opening Upper Hull Holes!

Preparing And Assembling The Sail!

Installing the Sub-driver Foundations!

Welding the Lower Hull Together!

Assembling the Upper Hull!

Installing The Sail!

Installing the Torpedo System!

Sub-driver and Mission Check Tasks!

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THE MOEBIUS SKIPJACK SUBMARINE

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The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions

CONVERTION TO RADIO CONTROL

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Page 1 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions THE MOEBIUS SKIPJACK SUBMARINE CONVERTION TO RADIO CONTROL Instruction Manual Download and read the Adhesives & Fillers 101 pdf ﬁle The Fittings Kit! Marking Off, Test Fitting, and Punching holes! Assembling the Aft Dive Planes & Rudder! Cutting the Hull for the Z Type Conﬁguration!
Page 2 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions The Fittings Kit A stern planes and yoke M hull rudder hole blanking discs B rudders and yoke N sail plane operating shaft bushings C after Sub-driver foundations O hull stand hole blanking pieces...
Page 3 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Marking Off, Test Fitting, and Punching holes Out of the box, the hull is broken down into four large hull sections or quarters, two upper hull quarters and two lower hull quarters. Take the two stern hull quarters, identify the 3/16"...
Page 4 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Pushrods. (see right) using CA adhesive. Make up the Pushrods to the yokes to check them for operation. Take the two Propeller shaft foundations and, after grinding away the radial and longitudinal raised braces at the stern of the two stern hull quarters, test them for a tight fit.
Page 5 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Cutting the Hull for the Z Type Conﬁguration A Z Type type break between the two hull halves provides for quick access (only one screw at the stern holds the hull halves together), is strong, and is less susceptible...
Page 6 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Punch out 7/16" diameter holes in the centers of the six ballast tank vents on the forward deck flat. Do the same for the four ballast tank vents on the after deck flat. Don't touch the four...
Page 7 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions The many square holes you have to punch open in the bottom of the two lower hull quarters is done with drill, square files, and sanding sticks. The work goes pretty well if you take your...
Page 8 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Preparing And Assembling The Sail Once you have marked out the holes that go under the sail, snip the two nubs (indexing pins) off the hull and at their former location, drill 7/64" holes. These will pass the 4-40 machine screws that hold the sail assembly down onto the upper hull.
Page 9 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions screws running up from within the hull into the resin foundations fixed in the sail make fast the sail to the hull, yet provide for quick and easy separation of the two for transportation, adjustment, or repair.
Page 10 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions The two resin lower bell-crank shaft retainers are placed on the ends of the brass pivot pin, and the entire unit installed into the inverted sail and oriented so that its teeth meshed with those of the upper bell-crank.
Page 11 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Installing the Sub-driver Foundations Before installing the two sets of Sub-driver foundations, shock absorber, and SD Velcro strap foundation, it's wise to mark out a centerline to the inside of the lower hull quarters.
Page 12 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Welding the Lower Hull Together The forward and after lower hull quarters are welded together using solvent type cement. As you can see, the two hull quarters are mounted on a flat board to insure that their edges fall along the same plane.
Page 13 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions hull quarters liberally with thin solvent cement works to soften the plastic and weld with the adjoining filler rod and hull quarter. If need be, to insure an open seam of uniform width and depth to better receive the filler rod -- use an eighteen-tooth-per-inch hack-saw blade to achieve a uniform .025"...
Page 14 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Assembling the Upper Hull Carefully following the inked on radial lines, a razor saw was used to remove the tail-cone from the after upper hull quarter, and bow from the forward lower hull quarter. Using a wide hard-block, sand the radial faces of all parts with #240 sandpaper.
Page 15 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Installing The Sail sail plane pushrod. The elbow accepts, through its If I gave the impression in a previous installment watertight O-ring, the projecting induction tube, of this article that the lower bow piece could be...
Page 16 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Before running through the screw fasteners through the bottom of the hull, making up the Sub-driver Shock-Absorber and Strap Foundation, bevel the outside of the holes to counter-sink the flat-head screws. Use a variable speed drill and a sharp bit, and keep the speed slow to insure the plastic does not melt.
Page 17 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Installing the Torpedo System A torpedo firing SKIPJACK is an optional. The nest foundation is provided with the fittings kit. http://www.sub-driver.com/torpedo-systems/ torpedo-system-1-72nd-scale.html and a technical paper on the system, http://support.caswellplating.com/index.php?/ Knowledgebase/Article/View/359/47/torpedo- launcher-instructions-172 The three pieces that make up the nest assembly...
Page 18 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Test fit the Nest Assembly into the lower bow piece and mark off the contact points between This picture shows to good advantage how the within the hull with a pencil or pen. Remove the...
Page 19 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions edge. Once you get the mating edges softened with solvent adhesive, the two pieces are assembled, more thin solvent cement was run i n t o t h e s e a m w h e r e...
Page 20 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions Sub-driver and Mission Check Tasks Turn the SD system off, then turn the transmitter Successful operation of the r/c model submarine off. equipped with a Semi-Aspirated (SAS) type Sub- driver (SD) is contingent on the careful and 2.
Page 21 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions submarine, a ‘logbook’. Most on-site problems, to the cylinder roll to the top where you can see be sure, can be addressed successfully there. them? If not, you’re good to go. If you got water in...
Page 22 The Moebius Skipjack R/C Conversion Instructions meal and some TV time. If not attended to immediately and properly, your r/c model submarine will set there, on the bench, rotting! 1. Sub-driver preservation and maintenance tasks: Remove the SD from the model submarines hull.