Rossiter Pintail Mortagne sur Gironde, near Bordeaux |
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Laser 28 - Excellent example of this great design Hamble le rice |
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Laser 140101 Tynemouth |
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Chris Noble ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710 |
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those wheels arent actually better, ive seen them and dismissed them, as they are just the soft rubber aircraft tyres with no bearing within them...
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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if you go here you can get RC landyachts off the shelf and I dare say some
higher spec wheels e.t.c: http://www.shopinfo.trident-uk.com/models/tridentstealth2.ht m Edited by Jack Sparrow |
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mike ellis ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339 |
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ok. it was just a thought about the k nex or old blocks. goood luck with finding some better ones and tell me when you get it finished.
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Chris Noble ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710 |
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the wheels in use at the moment are ball bearing roller blade wheels
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mike ellis ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339 |
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i have a thought regarding your lack of wheels. have you considered using wheels from a construction kit such as k nex. it is just a thought and i dont know if they'd fit your specification but they would certainly be cheap however if you realy can get it to 30km/h then k nex, being plastic, would probably melt. another thing you could try if it gets realy desperate, dismantle a block and use the bit you put the rope round as a wheel. or perhaps you could shave back a ball bearing block so a to leave a bit of the bit the rope goes round sticking out. the ball bearings would certainly reduce friction. when you do finish the yacht i would love a set of plans and would certainly be interested in making it into a development class.
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Chris Noble ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710 |
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For those of you interested, ive worked out to have cost around £100 so far to build the yacht including RC kit (and that does include a high torque servo!) The special servo is by ratio the most expensive part (£15) but you can get a pack that comes with the remote, the receiver and 2 normal servos (use 1 for the steering and the other is a spare) for £40 its 27Hz i think, it works perfectly well, although for racing them it may be worth installing the slightly more expensive 40Hz kit as you have more channels available sosignals dont get crossed! More photos coming soon (better quality this time!) |
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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Do you guys race under 'Land Yachting' rules or 'Sailing'? The
landyachting I have done has a few different rules like no overtaking in the conened turning zones e.t.c |
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Chris Noble ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710 |
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new main sail built, ill try and get some photos up as soon as i can, im still looking for bigger wheels. Going to hopefully get some testing done on the sail after the regatta today but if not then its the last week of term so i shant be missed too much.
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Isis ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Sep 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2753 |
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As I said in my post on the other page Id be very interested in the
1DL... The only thing which puts me off slightly is the fact that the
one design aspect puts the cost up and all my spare cash is heading
towards the cherub at the moment.
A Dev class on the other hand... now thats more my kinda thing ![]() |
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Chris Noble ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710 |
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mine cost a lot less than that, and the following refinments are being made as we speak, new mainsail made from mylar (with graphics!!!
Here is myt big question, would anyone be interested in creating an unoficial development class for this, just for like post race day laughs, aswell as some actual rc events, but just to see who could come up with what, similar rules to the dinghy dev. classes, any interest?
more input greatly appreciated |
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