How the system works

Meet the amazing Sea-Bot system for H0/00 scale realistic moving boats! Designed and made by Cube6 in California and available exclusively in the UK by Hobby Trax.

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Introduction
How the system works
Underwater scenes
It's not just boats!
Fishing trawler assembly video
Optical control video
Sea-Bots technical drawings
Sea-Swell static rocking boat
Sea-Swell assembly video

ORDERING INFORMATION FOR SEA-BOT AND SEA-SWELL

The whole Sea-Bot system runs on a standard LCD television or monitor screen which is mounted face up under your baseboard. Special software allows you to define the edges of the screen to create the waves on the shore, any obstacles and finally the boats path. Boats can run forwards and backwards and if the route is circular they will continue to sail around.

You can also define the type and size of boat which will then create the most realistic boat wake.

Once the graphics have been defined, the boat simply runs on the surface following the guide path.

Almost any kind of television or computer monitor can be used, the bigger the better! Once you have specified the shoreline and boats path the resulting video can be saved as a video file onto a memory stick and played directly on the TV. No computer is then required.