I bet it worked great on the bench Something about being in combat that makes you realize shortcomings you never see when you are out "sailing".
Yea there are no rocks on the bench.. YIKES. But yea I had tested the pump before but somehow the outlet became crimped, a new straight outlet fixed the problem. I guess the pump didnt prime or it tipped sideways because it was working perfectly when I pulled the ship from the bottom after the second sink. The pump servo had been working fine in the 2.5 hours I ran prior to the event but I hadnt just left it on before. I had two servos melt from the stress, so its a new pump switch using a firing board powering a relay. That will fix that problem. The guns.... well that may take a while as I dont know as much about them. They work fine on the shore and will fire as fast as I hit the test button. On the water... well they only seem to fire every third push. So I am replacing the servos with firing boards and will see what happens.
Yes it was! I was looking inside the bow after I took out the internal armor and WOW is there ANY balsa left.... Looks like 1-3 panels to replace before the April battle. I did have fun though and I am determined to make this ship work well.
Sounds like the servo power source dropped in voltage.It also looks like you are taking a lot of steps to make the ship more reliable. It's funny how we normally first build "old school" and then then upgrade. My first boat was all servos and now I only have rudder servos in any of my boats.
That video cruising around the pond with the sailboats makes me think you should've been doing some commerce raiding!
I was tempted to ram sink a few sailboats but they run a rental place there and I didnt want to be a pest. I just kept to the side most of the time.
