Better than PC games?

[SuperEtendard]

Hi, i was seeing some videos about naval modelism, and founded some RC subs!!, they can dive, and even fire torps!!!!

These guys made their subs themselves. I dont think i could buy one of those, the only way is to build them, like all " historical serious modelism"

These "toys" are just great!!!. In pc they look better, you can do plenty more of things, and more realistic, and everything, but this is more real. You can touch them!:yeah:.

What do you prefer... A morning in your home with the best/newest pc so you can run the newest subsim, with all graphics and everything, or a morning on the beach of your nearest river/lake with one of those RC subs??
Links

Type IX U-boat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tb1ignakMM&feature=related


Type XXI U-boat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHJgavsLyw&feature=watch_response

[Sailor Steve]

Models are cool. You could say the same thing about RC planes. It's neat to build something that works. On the other hand the models will never make you feel like you're inside the sub, and you can't have a career sinking ships, and the way the torpedoes work in the game is more realistic, having to do the calculations and wait for them to reach the target.

Bottom line? They both have their good points and the their bad.

Models.
Good: They're real. They move. You're doing it in real water.
Bad: They're sophisticated toys. You can't recreate actual warfare with them.

Games.
Good: A good one is a simulator. You can be inside the sub. You can plot an attack against a convoy. You can sweat waiting for the depth charges. You can recreate history.
Bad: You can't touch them. You can't watch them actually move through the water.

It comes down to what floats your boat.

[TorpX]

Yeah, what Sailor said.

Besides, if I had a model ship/sub, sooner or later I'd want to torpedo it. :D

[Rockin Robbins]

Not even close! I'm an RC flier. RC planes can actually teach you something about how a real plane flies, but there are stark differences. My electric Slow Stick can take off in under six inches, point the nose at the sky and arrive at 400' 20 seconds later, climbing vertically and accelerating all the way.

Although some of the principles of flying are the same as a real aircraft, model airplanes fly too fast for scale, are grossly overpowered compared to their real counterparts. Models also react much more quickly to effects of air turbulence for planes and waves for boats. Especially with boats, there is very little you can learn about boat handling from a radio controlled submarine.

Mostly you can steam around in circles, bobbing like a cork, take her down for a few seconds and back up. I'd get real bored real quick, I'm afraid. And those models cost thousands of dollars for anything decent like the ones you see in the videos.

Did you see how those torpedoes squirted out there about 100 scale yards at several hundred miles an hour scale speed and then just petered out? In what way is that instructive, entertaining or worth the trouble?

I'm decidedly unimpressed by these models. They are great from a technical building aspect, but their operation is really crippled compared to the real thing. The range of activities that closely resemble the behavior of the real submarine is legion in simulations and can be counted on the fingers of one hand with the model.

The model costs thousands and if it springs a leak it can be junk, costing hundreds to repair. The simulation is a one-time investment of $15.00 for me and years of infinite variety and learning.

I don't think the comparison makes the model look like anything better than a Hot Wheels car compared to a real car.

Your mileage may vary!:D

[Daniel Prates]

I too think we are talking about two completely different hobbies (if you want to call your taste for simulations a hobby).