Hi Andrew - thanks for the info. The reason I ask about the front planes is because I put a question on another forum asking which way rear dive planes had to operate to make a sub dive. If you look at the site which is
www.rcuniverse.com - look under the Submarine heading and you will see my enquiry - amongst the replies there's one from SHIPMAN (Sean) who says he only uses the rear dive planes .... what do you think????? I wondered about setting the front planes up as per the instructions and then by using the rear conning tower adjustment screw for the radar mast stopping the mast from tilting too mch. That way if I just left a bit of play for the 'UP' angle on the front, if the rear planes would not surface the sub straight away there'd at least be a chance of the sub surfacing slower. Then if it works OK I would just leave the screw tight in. Can you hold your sub on the surface with the rear planes to delay the dive or does the sub dive pretty soon?
Ian