Having modified the connection to Jaws, the shark stays central to the stern. Whereas before he would veer to one side and tangle the connection around his fins. The steering of Orca is very slow as the shark tail fin has a lot of influence, in as much as wanting to remain straight ahead. The Orca has a large turning circle because of this, I would estimate a least 10 metres. Where as without the shark in tow the Orca turns in 2 metres. Something to remedy in the future. Here is a short video,

Over 20 years ago I was given this F/G hull and the plan but in several moves the plans were lost.
Can any one identify from shape of hull what class she is. The photo I had showed a large canvas cover suspended over the stern deck as if she was in warmer climate.
Many thanks
AustinG

This is my Catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat).
I made this for my son to have on his house.
When I bought this old model from EBay for little money but took me lots of hours to turn it the way it looks.
Is a sailboat with a single sail on a single mast set well forward in the bow of a very beamy and (usually) shallow draft hull. Typically they are gaff rigged, though Bermuda rig is also used. Most are fitted with a centreboard, although some have a keel.
The hull can be 12 to 40 feet long with a beam half as wide as the hull length at the waterline.
The type is mainly found on that part of the Eastern seaboard of the USA from New Jersey to Massachusetts.

I have now completed the final tests before launching and everything works well. I will do a small update soon because the crane still cannot clear the stern railings. The solution is to reduce the size of the hook on the crane. It does look rather big.😀 I have tried again to load a video of the wiring. We will see.

At the club pond today I have completed the Orca to my satisfaction. the crew figures are complete and fitted in situ, Matt Hooper at the helm, captain Quint up front with the harpoon gun, chief Brody serving out the smelly chum at the stern. The battery ran for at least 1 hour, it’s a 3s lipo 2200,100c when coupled to the charger it had 70 % left in

Just a little more fine tuning before model will be ready for a tiny pond .Its only 16 inch from bow to stern .

Here is a look at the boats at Sonstraal Dam, home of the Northern City Model Boat Club, where on 26 February the Annual Record Day hosted by the Western Cape Model Boat Club brought more than 140 boats to the dam.
While some were just floaters, and some sank trying, there was a good collection of models actually in action.
One of them was the 1,5m Steam Tug, Miamota

The video was taken with an iPhone mounted in front of the bridge of the Smit London Tug boat with LOA of 1.7m

On Halloween morning Sunday Oct. 31 2021 ran the Sequin with several other club members at Spencer's pool may be last run this year with weather getting cooler . The lake freighter was her first run & just needed a little ballast weight at the stern prop wasn't deep enough Boat belongs to a fellow club member .

well finally got there. she sits a little low in the water, but evenly along the water line. this was with the battery central to the hull. when powered up the centre screw alone moved her quite serenely and was very manoeuvrable. when power was added to the outer screws I would say she didn't plane well as she wasn't going fast enough. even with all props on full power, I think also she is to heavy and the battery too far forward.
So to remedy this I moved the battery back a compartment, positioning it over the 3 motors , it was a tight squeeze, but fitted just.
This sat the stern down a little and the bow up and gave the impression of planeing, she still not fast enough though. the scale speed still doesn't look right.
I'm going to have to have a rethink on this one. having said all this though she looked well in the water if i say so my self.
Roger

Just the stern seating and then she is ready for her sea trials

RC Stern Trawler - "Majestic" by Thunder Tiger. Model owned by Buxton Model Boat Club member Adrien.

For more photos, highlight and click the following link :-

https://model-boats.com/places/60518

Added some strakes to the bottom, and added some down thrust to the motor (to push the stern down) which has made it run a lot straighter and with more control on full power. Also added a camera mount as well.