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Old 07-26-2008, 06:48 AM
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Default RE: how to build an rc boat from scratch

ziiaad,
It's sort of simple.
First you decide on a design, or make one, find plans.
Then you look at the plans to see how the whole thing sort of 'fits' together.
Then you start looking for the materials you will need to do the building, shape those materials to the proper shapes, and join them all together.

Wish it stayed 'simple', but it doesn't.
The hard parts are in the details, as in deciding on what you want to build, finding/making workable plans for the construction, finding all the @#$ stuff to do the building with, and then making all that stuff fit together properly. And then there's the, "I'll bet I could change this thingy and do it better/easier!", ideas you get part way though. Sometimes they work, sometimes not. If you enjoy that sort of thing, scratch building is fun. If you don't enjoy that sort of thing, letting someone else do the 'hard' parts and then just putting the kit together is fun too.
Am I saying not to do scratch building? Good grief NO! (How else will I/we find someone to ask how to do stuff? )
- 'Doc