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Forum: RC Sailboats
09-13-2009, 01:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,247
Posted By Guiri

RE: Sail Servo/Battery questions

Remember that you don't get ought for nought and double hauling effectively reduces the force on the sheets by half. An alternative solution would be the servo stretcher:...
Forum: RC Sailboats
09-10-2009, 03:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,247
Posted By Guiri

RE: Sail Servo/Battery questions

You're going to be limited by space concerns to fit an arm winch. Most use consumer NiMH cells, either 4 or 5. which with today's high capacity, should be sufficient for a morning's or afternoon's...
Forum: RC Sailboats
09-01-2009, 10:02 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 34,062
Posted By Guiri

RE: Thunder tiger etnz 1 meter sailboat

required ETNZ reading: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1072483
Forum: RC Sailboats
08-22-2009, 12:35 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,291
Posted By Guiri

RE: cr 914 yacth

There's a video with a mixed bag of 3 foot boats on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TubSBhz4AAI including the CR914, Saphirs, and a Sea Cret (Sea Queen) plus a (scratch built?) VO70.
Forum: RC Sailboats
07-15-2009, 02:34 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 10,197
Posted By Guiri

RE: North American RG-65 Sailboats Class

Craig, If I were you, I'd post on the site mentioned by ROADTOAD or on http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/forumdisplay.php?f=76 You'll probably find more RG65 sailors.
Forum: RC Sailboats
07-11-2009, 03:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,150
Posted By Guiri

RE: Rubbing Alcohol

If you can't find "Spectra" in your local fishing tackle shop, look for "Dyneema", which is more or less the same.
Forum: RC Sailboats
04-26-2009, 01:15 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 25,051
Posted By Guiri

RE: monsoon or phantom?

There's a build thread on the Monsoon on http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14796.0 I'd be prepared for substituting a lot of the original equipment on this and other models from...
Forum: RC Sailboats
03-14-2009, 06:50 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 19,846
Posted By Guiri

RE: Need recommendation for my 1st RC boat

While you're waiting for the book, the RG65 class is definatelyworth a look, especially as there are boats already sailing in Oz and the class is now growing rapidly internationally. register on...
Forum: RC Sailboats
02-11-2009, 03:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,246
Posted By Guiri

RE: h double sided tape, but howHow to build pocket luff or in- tbubing forestay.

Tato a luff pocket is a "coñazo" with plastic film type sails. I've found that taping plastic tubes from cotton buds (bastoncitos) about 1 cm in length at 15 cm intervals much easier.
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-29-2009, 05:41 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,496
Posted By Guiri

RE: RG65 question

The balsa is 2 mm (the closest equivalent would be 3/32").
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-29-2009, 02:35 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,496
Posted By Guiri

RE: RG65 question

Mike, if you're thinking of a one metre Blue Splash then you'll need a much heavier duty sail control servo; say something in excess of 250 oz/inch of torque or a winch. A standard servo on an RG65...
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-26-2009, 03:03 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,496
Posted By Guiri

RE: RG65 question

One of the advantages of the metric system is that scaling is easier 65 cms > 100 cms = 153.85%. Generally, its safer scaling up than down, even though there are some RG-65 built as 65% one metres...
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-08-2009, 06:13 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 19,846
Posted By Guiri

RE: Need recommendation for my 1st RC boat

https://secure.victor-model.com/Index.aspx
Both the V32 and Soling 1 m are well regarded and widely sailed in the US
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-07-2009, 01:20 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 70,404
Posted By Guiri

RE: Volvo 70 Ericsson Build Log

You might try to reduce your electronics weight. You pobably need a sail control servo of about 10kg/cm minimum. Servos of that size usually weigh quite a bit. One of the lighter analogue ones is the...
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-06-2009, 01:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,183
Posted By Guiri

RE: robbe windstar

To make it IOM legal, you'll have to ensure you get the clear resin hull. It's by far the cheapest kit entry into the class. Any
http://duck.sbmyc.com/kit_ioms.html
One of the more economical...
Forum: RC Sailboats
01-05-2009, 12:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,374
Posted By Guiri

RE: Hurricane 1 meter

If memory serves me right, the hurricane is a boat built to the Naviga 1 metre rules and is therefore not sailed much outside central/eastern Europe where the Naviga organisation has most of its...
Forum: RC Sailboats
12-22-2008, 01:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,840
Posted By Guiri

RE: Sails on americas cup SUI64

I've no idea how it converts to degrees of camber, but when I made a sail block, the angle between the two halves was 6º and the thickness/chord ratio was about 16% with maximum thickness at about...
Forum: RC Sailboats
12-17-2008, 01:42 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,091
Posted By Guiri

RE: Homemade sails?

Mike, http://www.modelyacht.org/ has a listing of USA and Canadian clubs (left hand menu bar "club resources" ). There are quite a few listed in PA. I've no idea if any are close to you, but most...
Forum: RC Sailboats
12-09-2008, 12:29 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 969
Posted By Guiri

RE: RC Sailing

I guess there aren't many of us and we tend to be a bit older than the Internet generation. Plus the fact that we keep or boats sailing for long enough to sort them out.
Forum: RC Sailboats
12-06-2008, 04:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,091
Posted By Guiri

RE: Homemade sails?

http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/showthread.php?t=3110&highlight=gadget&page=6
It isn't the method I use, but it seeme an improvement on the traditional sail makers block. It's a long thread and the...
Forum: RC Sailboats
11-22-2008, 04:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,483
Posted By Guiri

RE: General Servo Control Questions (and some more advanced Q's)

The simple question is your case 2. I'll leave the 2nd to those that know, but there are both amplitude and frequency modulated receivers, which may have something to do with it.
Forum: RC Sailboats
11-19-2008, 01:05 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,941
Posted By Guiri

RE: Mini40 trimaran "Nightmare MK. I" - reissued!

Not really related, unless you'd consider it a micro tri:
http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/showthread.php?t=4797
Forum: RC Sailboats
11-08-2008, 10:19 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 907
Posted By Guiri

RE: where to order from...

Tato: I'm not really the one whow should reply, but from what I've seen in other forums, you could try http://www.midwestmodelyachting.com/products/sails_etc/srig07.html or...
Forum: RC Sailboats
10-29-2008, 12:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,192
Posted By Guiri

RE: Thinking of sailing

One of the added pleasures of sailing is sailing with or against other sailors in similar boats. Probably the best entry leve. boats available for this would be, assuming you don't want to build from...
Forum: RC Sailboats
10-20-2008, 10:00 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,307
Posted By Guiri

RE: hi i have a 1960s boat hull

Go for carbon tube 8-10 mm outside diameter. Somewhat smaller for the booms. Kite shops are a good source as well as havigng ripstop for the sails.
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