smokingcrater

After finally getting this boat into the water, i was happy with the performance, except the queen mary size turning radius. below are my mods. the rudder length (horizontal) was doubled, which helped tremendously. after doing that, i decided to go back and add an air rudder also. works great! the new rudder is the remains of a broken carbon fiber piccolo pro blade (micro heli) I also added a carbon fiber retangular rod in the center for added strength, it is plenty strong without an upper support on the rudder. The joints with the original rudder were made with CF cloth and resin.

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1BADHD

I also made an air rudder.....if it came from the factory with one. I think it may be close to perfect.

smokingcrater

any pics?

1BADHD

I will try to get some better ones later.