…at least in the part of the world where I’d like some help.
I see that some of you are UK based. I have been sailing for a while, but not RC.
Where would you start in getting together a set of electrical-mechanical and electronic bits to connect the sailor to the foils in a controllable way? (The MYA website lists a few suppliers, but they are pretty much all for larger boats, and it seems to me that mass is going to be at a premium)
So advice on:
2 channel RC: transmitters and receivers
servos
Sources and models…what you use and where you got it from…
Hi Ian, I’m not in the UK these days but I remember my way around so I’ll give you a couple of pointers. Using Al’s Hobbies as an example scorce online.
If you want a basic economical RC set them many people use the Hitec Ranger shown here http://alshobbies.com/shop/lookupstock.php?pc=3053&Desc= It’s important to use a ‘surface’ radio on either 27MhZ or 40Mhz in the UK. A set like this will give you the receiver and battery box you need for the boat and one of the two ‘standard’ servos supplied can be used for a sail control servo. Most of the footy designs and kits these days then require an extra micro servo for the rudder control like this one… http://alshobbies.com/shop/lookupstock.php?pc=3126&Desc=
I am pointing out the cheap and cheerful end of the market here and of course you can spend more. I use several of the Futaba 2DR sets which is their cheep set but I don’t see that one at Al’s. I also use a Spektrum DX6i from this page http://alshobbies.com/shop/cat.php?id=474&Desc= which is a great set.
Boat wise there are the free plans and a couple of kits. I will declare an interest in my own Kittiwake K2 kit available from http://www.scalesailing.com/uk.htm
Contact Angus on here who will be able to point you at any other hulls available over there. Whereabouts are you Ian?
You will have a great time with Footys I am sure.
All the best,
Graham