I got the pro racing series so i put good servos and crap. I got the futaba 2dr, rachet for 2dr, s3003, and s3802.
i put it all together today (had some technical dificulties but now it’s all good) and it’s ready for it’s maiden voyage tommorow. Not only is it sailing for the first time, but my friend and i are racing tomorow!
He got the rtr though… and he didn’t pay for it himself (i hate people like that) but at least i have someone to race with now.
so questions, what can i do (without buying anything) to set up my boat the fastest way possible?
for the wind vane, check outthat laser site i showed ya, they have a nice wind vane in the accessories section, as for painting, do this!! i wanna do a 1meter in this theme
mike
If you have no experience then it comes down to time on the water and experimenting.
That may sound like a cop out, but there is no magic bullet, sorry.
Lots of reading and trying things.
Having a mate with the same type of yacht makes it much more fun as you can do two boat tuning as per the “Americas Cup”
looking forward to the report, i wasnt saying go all out withthe pirate themem, that paint pattern is neat, mix it up with differnt colors, might be neato,
mike
hey, sorry i didn’t post earlier but i had a friend over and didn’t want to bore him with me sitting on the computer…
Well, i took it out a bunch of times today and yesterday and wow, that thing is awesome!
Its so cool how smoothly it runs thorugh the water, and it gets going fast! And, unlike alot of other rc stuff i own, i can sit there for hours and not get bored!
Its cool how i can walk to the local pond. And everyone driving by stops and talks about sailing for a while. Its really fun.
There isn’t anything i dont like about this boat. Maybe soon i can get a movie up.
Oh yeah, my friend has the rtr version and his sail servo crapped out on him so i didn’t really have to tune it much or try very hard in order to beat him.
we did a little race and i beat by like 5 feet to the windward mark but by the time we got to the leeward mark, since he couldn’t let his sails out, i was beating him by 30-40 feet. Oh and he capsized a few times too.
well, i’m in the proccess of making an rc poweboat. It won’t look very good (made of spare door trimming in the garage), but it’ll be a fun prject.
I had this crappy 1:8th that goes like 2mph so i took it apart and am going to use those electronics. The one good thing about is it’s 12 volts so i can probably get it going pretty fast with the right parts.
It’ll be good for when they’res no wind or i dont feel like carrying my huge nirvana all the way down the street (it gets annoying with how big it is)
my friend has a little nikko powerboat that he drives around while i sail around, most of the time i go alot faster than him but when there isn’t much wind, he cruises by me.
do hardware stores sell balsa wood? I might wanna make the hull like the razor footy, that would be alot nicer…
oh, um a balsa sorce i use is Michaels craft store, they carry most the balsa and thin ply, basswood, some store similar, a footy is a good choice for easy transport haha, im still building my mini footy tall ship, gonna look neat when its done, iv made it more complicated then it needs, but oh well, good luck!
mike
