by geolemon » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:20 pm
"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes..."
Unfortunately, we sourced some baskets overseas, that were stuck in customs for nearly a month! On top of that, there's some special plating I want to do to these heavy motor structures that present some challenges.
However, I may have a small quantity ready fairly soon, perhaps with a black zinc type plating on the motor, and I was even thinking about doing something different with the dustcaps - to create sort of a special beta release, since otherwise we're likely looking two months out for the big sub.
But that's not such a bad thing, since the little sub is a great overacheiver (it sent our big sub back for a bit of an enlarged motor - we increased our BL from "about what the W7 has", to "nearly twice what the W7 has" mainly to accomplish things that a W7 simply can't. :happy055: ).
We've got a release of them in 10's in a few weeks, followed in about a month by 12's. It's a simpler sub, less expensive, stamped basket - but lots of technology that isn't cheap, like a full pole-cap style shorting ring, and one kick-ass motor that makes sure BL is up there (pole-cap shorting rings can be BL killers - our BL with this sub is around 22), and still a decent excursion level, works in super-tiny enclosures - a 0.5 cu.ft. sealed box still yields a 0.85 Qtc - hardly a squeeze!
Anyway - like it, or like the big sub - the little guy (codename: Response) will be released first.
But I should be releasing that special Beta release of that big sub that won't be really advertised much - I'd like to get that into appreciative enthusiasts hands anyway really.
Well, back on topic now...
"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes..." :D
Unfortunately, we sourced some baskets overseas, that were stuck in customs for nearly a month! On top of that, there's some special plating I want to do to these heavy motor structures that present some challenges.
However, I may have a small quantity ready fairly soon, perhaps with a black zinc type plating on the motor, and I was even thinking about doing something different with the dustcaps - to create sort of a special beta release, since otherwise we're likely looking two months out for the big sub.
But that's not such a bad thing, since the little sub is a great overacheiver (it sent our big sub back for a bit of an enlarged motor - we increased our BL from "about what the W7 has", to "nearly twice what the W7 has" mainly to accomplish things that a W7 simply can't. :happy055: ).
We've got a release of them in 10's in a few weeks, followed in about a month by 12's. It's a simpler sub, less expensive, stamped basket - but lots of technology that isn't cheap, like a full pole-cap style shorting ring, and one kick-ass motor that makes sure BL is up there (pole-cap shorting rings can be BL killers - our BL with this sub is around 22), and still a decent excursion level, works in super-tiny enclosures - a 0.5 cu.ft. sealed box still yields a 0.85 Qtc - hardly a squeeze!
Anyway - like it, or like the big sub - the little guy (codename: Response) will be released first. :thumbsup
But I should be releasing that special Beta release of that big sub that won't be really advertised much - I'd like to get that into appreciative enthusiasts hands anyway really. :cool:
Well, back on topic now... :p