RE: Lindbergh Blue Devil
I wanted to flog this dead horse thread and right some wrongs.
I've seen evidence of some "tippyness" in regard to the Blue Devil, mostly on Youtube, but firsthand experience not so much. I witnessed an acquaintance operate one, he had one built stock, no apparent lightening of the parts nor a lighter rebuilt superstructure and it sailed well with waves breaking over the bow and was operated 'recklessly' in moderate chop (3-4" swells).
From what I understand, the BD performs to scale. The real Fletcher class destroyers were somewhat top heavy and were known to heel over in turns and even capsize in typhoons.
Slow down in those turns, operate it in a scale fashion (even though the real destroyer was capable of 36 knots) and you should be all right.
Thank you for your attention.