ORIGINAL: Captain Nemo12
Nice, I am trying to fit torpedoes into my sub as well, you can check the thread I've started in the submarine forum (Pen Tube Torpedoes? Possible!). I doubt you'll be able to sink a ship with a model torpedo, you can develop a detonating system that will allow it to explode under the ship's hull, it might cause damage to thinner hulled ships. You can always try ramming, the u-boat has a nice net cutter in the bow, or you can try Captain Nemo's method, the Nautilus!
We have a whole discussion about just this(and it is old) on the other forum.
Essentially, and as Wreno said, explosive pyrotechnics are forbidden.
http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/i...80&hl=torpedos
http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/i...59&hl=torpedos
http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/i...71&hl=torpedos
We also tried ramming rules. Essentially, if you chase anything long enough, someone will run out of pond, and you can ram the ship/submarine. No one would actually need skill or air guns. The hedge hog anti submarine weapons pretty much devastated our submarine campagns. The DD skipper with a hedge hog launcher could lob about 10 rounds straight up over the pond, and drop them inside a "hula hoop". Close enough to referee a sink. The submarines would be "Called" sunk three or four times in a 20 minute sortie. No fun for the sub captains.
Another reason we stopped using the submarines, was that as one of the M-1s surfaced, it took a shot at a DD, and the round went up to the top of the hill and took out a windshield. Not really safe in our view. Still it was one of the best engineered projects in our club. And very unique to this day.
(oh, and Wreno,...
http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/i...howtopic=30099
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