large r/c yacht

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

Hi Roger.

With regard to the sail winch being up to the job I don’t have enough experience to give you a definite answer, but I would give it a go if it were me in your situation. 

 

Can any one else give Roger a more helpful answer?

 

Here is a link which may help you if you are making your own sails. There is a lot of useful information on this site.  http://www.onemetre.net/Build/Sailblok/Sailblok.htm

 

Looking forward to the picks.

 

David.

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

Hi Roger.

I have just spotted this on the web site that I mentioned in my previous post.

 

The top data relates, more or less, to an RMG 280D winch with a 26 mm drum pulling an IOM A rig.  Worth noting that a 26 mm drum has a 13 mm radius… (smile).

 

The bottom data relates to a Hitec 5745 set up as an arm winch with a 80 mm radius.

 

So in the light of this info I would think that your 6.5 kg-cm sail winch would be fine.

 

Cheers.

David.

Edited By David Meier on 07/06/2010 08:04:04

[roger thompson 1Participant @rogerthompson1]

once again david i am grateful for the info.———now i can order the r/c gear, there is a good site on e bay for complete set-ups. this however is in the future although i will need to plan where the servos and rx will be sited soon.

 

this plan i have for the fe fe 2 is defiantly not for the beginner, i started using a flat board to build on (there are no construction details) then suddenly realized the deck is curved back to front ! ( how would you build a curved deck yacht ?)

 

i didnt know this, otherwise i would have started some thing easier, (perhaps similar to your green boat in the first pic.) knowing what to avoid, however i have started so i will carry on! 

 

 

will post pics. next week

 

 

roger. 

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

Hi Roger.

I am not sure what type of construction your boat is but if it is a skin over frames, then you can extend the frames down to a common datum line on your plan. Cut the frames to this point so they will all sit on your building board. You then cut the surplus length off when the frames are clad with the ply and you have finished with the building board.

 

The following picture shows just this situation on a trawler That I am building (embarrassingly slowly).

 

As you see some of the frames don’t go down to the datum as they should. That was the scraps of ply I was using weren’t big enough.

 

Cheers.

David.

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

I was lent a bunch of Marine Modelling International magazines the other day and have just spotted the final article in a series on renovating a one meter yacht.A FeFe no less.

 

The magazine date was October 2005. I have no idea how many articles there were in the series, might be worth trying to track them down at your local library Roger.

 

Cheers.

David.

[roger thompson 1Participant @rogerthompson1]

once again, thanks for the info. and after consideration i have taken up stamp collecting…..

 

no, joking apart i have scrapped the work so far and have built up new bulkheads so the deck can slope as per plan.

 

now perhaps i can start cladding. 

 

the fe fe i am building is the mark two so maybe it is a modified plan,

 

 

 

thanks again, roger. 

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

What a pity, but sometimes the best thing is to start a fresh. Take heart the learning curve starts out steep but soon starts to level off. You might even start enjoying your self soon.

 

David.

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