RC Submarine Kit -- A Whole New Way to Sub Sim

U812 · 02-01-09, 10:00 PM

I created and owned subpirates.com but I found being a forum owner after 4 years a bit much. I gave the site over to one of the best submariners in the RC field, Matt Thor.

I now just spend my time making nice RC subs both from scratch and converting plastic kits to RC. Purely as a hobby and for my own enjoyment. No more endless threads of my builds with blow by blow pictures and 100s of email to answer about how one keeps the water out.

I have built nearly 30 subs to date or more for myself and customers when I wasn't working on films.

So from my experience, to answer your question, yes the Dumas Akula is an excellent first kit to start with. It was my first boat and I still have it. It's never stopped running. I use it as a camera boat now.

The hobby is quite elite like nearly all aspects of the silent service. It never has been or will be a large part of the RC hobby. There are few true submarine kits on the market compared to planes and cars. But I think that's part of it's appeal aside from the fact that submarines are just so darn cool!

U812 AKA Steve Neill

02-01-09, 10:00 PM	#5
U812 Sparky Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LA Ca. Posts: 152 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I created and owned subpirates.com but I found being a forum owner after 4 years a bit much. I gave the site over to one of the best submariners in the RC field, Matt Thor. I now just spend my time making nice RC subs both from scratch and converting plastic kits to RC. Purely as a hobby and for my own enjoyment. No more endless threads of my builds with blow by blow pictures and 100s of email to answer about how one keeps the water out. I have built nearly 30 subs to date or more for myself and customers when I wasn't working on films. So from my experience, to answer your question, yes the Dumas Akula is an excellent first kit to start with. It was my first boat and I still have it. It's never stopped running. I use it as a camera boat now. The hobby is quite elite like nearly all aspects of the silent service. It never has been or will be a large part of the RC hobby. There are few true submarine kits on the market compared to planes and cars. But I think that's part of it's appeal aside from the fact that submarines are just so darn cool! U812 AKA Steve Neill