I thought about nabbing a sub like that just for giggles and maybe an UW camera.
Thank you guys for the support and encouragement. I just hope I can get all these models flying. I really enjoy putting the plans together and building. Can't say I'm great at it specially regarding curvy shapes... and sometimes my eyeballs must be crooked as when I eyeball, it's not always the way it should be. Often when I do, i go back and CAD it out to be symmetrical. You'll see what I mean in the pics below.
Oops signal lost! no worries...
regarding the float fail safe It will be just buoyant and rely on the ailerons/rudder/elevator to move it under the water. if the signal is lost, then the plane stops and floats to the surface, where it should regain control at that point.
FPV cameras...
I was going waterproof the crap out of the $8 teeny boards while protecting the lens. I wanted to set up a "modelized" cockpit with a camera, one in front of the torpedoes underneath and one in/on the tail or conning tower. or if I have a retractable periscope put one on a "telescoping" periscope stick. when retracted it would be at the top of the CT and then it would rise about the water after submerged. obviously on a 3 way switch.
note the asymmetry here.
What is THIS!?
The only thing left is the sump pump to bilge out from the floats to the rear.