Build Log: RC sailboat - Page 4

bboarder711 · 04-09-09, 01:35 PM

Thanks! I think i have logged a good couple months I started it in december

btw here is some new work i did, jsut adding some details

reboticon · 04-09-09, 08:01 PM

Wow that rigging is functional, huh? Thats awesome.

bandoni™ · 04-09-09, 08:05 PM

wow these are some amazing sail boats rich! so detailed, your quite the craftsman!

bboarder711 · 04-09-09, 08:38 PM

thanks man im thinking of bring one to nalm but im not sure

l4zy415 · 04-09-09, 08:52 PM

I like the vid. Your boat sails pretty smoothly.

ManOfBusiness · 04-09-09, 09:34 PM

Very Nice Sailing! I was Into Boats for a while. Well Until I Sank my first lady. She was Nitro Powered, Had Put a Picco .12 in her and she was as fast as her weight would let her go, She'd Hydro (nothing but motor in the water all day, Well I hit something in the water and I believe I cracked her hull from there she took in water, and I was unable to get her to shore... I was sick, she was my first and last boat. sunk a good $500 or so just on the servos and engine, both servos high speed, rechargable battery pac, 3 channel reciever,

just remembering makes me sad. So now I just stick to R/c 1/10 onroad, But I also have a revo. Haven't pulled either out in over a year cause of school.

bboarder711 · 04-09-09, 10:06 PM

best thing with boats is to stay slow! I have sank 3 of mine the one was a Traxxas Villain IV She hit a pilling, flipped shorted and the motors pulled her under. I understand these things can be exspensive

bboarder711 · 04-12-09, 12:09 PM

I went sailing with the State College Model Yacht Club this weekend. here are some shots of their EC 12s vs my sloop.

20mph knock down

just a bit smaller

OLD_HATCH · 04-23-09, 09:20 PM

That is real nice.

I cant spend that much money on rc's but get some cheap ones. I got a cheap speed boat from newbright (about 2-1/2 feet long) and my 5 year old loves it. Hed destroy those though. Too much money and time there.

Definately get some vids of the sppedboats.

You ever run out of wind in the middle of a pond and have to wait around till it floated torwards the edge?

It was really doing 20mph on the lake? That has to look neat seing that thing speed along the pond.

bboarder711 · 04-24-09, 12:28 AM

its really intense seeing this boat in those winds. since these have all been test runs ( this weekend as well) im basically finding her limits with out sinking her.....

I have been stuck and with both of my boats being smaller then the other classes like the EC 12 shown there isnt much sail area to catch wind