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Pacer Land Yacht
Although not strictly speaking a boat it is a rch-hit">yacht and fun when you can't get to the pond but fancy a sail! Built from magazine free plans mainly of balsa, carbon mast and drafting film it is just as challenging as normal RC sailing. Opera …
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yacht tgn 3
… h glass fibre I cut out some of the solid formers using a circular saw, a bit of a hairy experience and a lot of sawdust. a few pics as it is now, next task is to fit floor to cut out area and refit deck, but first is to learn a bit more ab …
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a yacht yet to get a name
… etting to the sailing bit. So my attention turned to the source of many of the models on this site, e-bay. After watching for a few weeks something that looked like a good start came up, a timber built rch-hit">yacht hull, not too far away for colle …
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(Yacht) Pond Yacht
This is my vintage type Pond rch-hit">Yacht. Gaff rigged and built on a fiberglass hull purchased from a fellow club member.Loosley based on a free plan in a Model Boats mag from a few years ago. Very realistic sailing and not for windy days, but it …
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Anyone tried Solar Powered RC boat?
… t on a paddle board it is dangerous. Everyone has a boat or rch-hit">yacht here and some of the larger motor boats are so ugly! Marinas galore. We are able to easily sail down the coast to Sydney Harbour which is an enormous area and go further in t …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… t range of batteries in NZ, (to fit the dozens of different RC vehicles, tanks, diggers etc they sell) I've managed to find all sorts of batteries there for various projects (eg modifying TXs to last for numerous outings and doing away with …
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Edina Model Yacht Club at the Minneapolis Boat Show
Ron, I've circled the boats I brought .... 1. Bandit Boats B1 Fire Tug 2. Midwest 960 1:24 Fireboat 3. Midwest 962 1:24 Tug (Modified Harbor Master) 4. Midwest 964 1:12 Tour Boat (Modified from Booth Bay Lobster Boat) 5. Dumas 1234 1:8 Chri …
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Edina Model Yacht Club at the Minneapolis Boat Show
… e are located in the east lobby area. We again have an "interctive" pond set up with our Vac-U-Tug boats for people to operate. We originally created these thinking youngsters would be the primary users. What we have observed is that they e …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… d with 3 pieces of basswood, then glassed using polyester aircraft cloth. Another resin coat after that. Stock was from basswood, coated with resin. Will be painted eventually. Slowly progressing. JB
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… d away at this stage,- just getting it to a stage worth undercoating, as I want to see if it sails before spending money on paint. I'll be tinting a colour for the bottom as well, as that's not looking too bad at the moment, fairing wise. J …
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Re: New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
Hi Steve, not jealous at all, bet your aircon's working overtime ! Only 28 inside here today. Putting a new roof on my bathroom on Tues, you could have fried eggs on the roof, - you'd set fire to them on your roof at 42! Saw the fire risk w …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… . The centerboard case is also epoxied into the lower reinforcing pad, ready for the unit to be epoxied into the bottom hull rebate. - (Pics added to show the centerboard case parts with the assembly method.) Once that's set, the upper cent …
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My ARTR Plastic Yachts
… h the DF65 racing regulations. Like the more common DragonForce 65 it was built by Joysway and was introduced as a slightly cheaper model but as it used many parts from the DragonForce I doubt it was very viable and wasn't available for ver …
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Midwest #984 Cranberry Isle Lobster Yacht
… ic model, but I have every intention of making it a working RC boat.
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Re: My new Yacht!
Thank you. I have sourced these fenders off EBay, ordered four of them at 50mm size, they look perfect £14
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Yet another FB Marketplace purchase
… y with one boat, going home with three as also found a pond rch-hit">yacht in a charity shop. Does anyone recognise the design of the Marblehead?
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Ship of the desert ? new project (land yacht)
… s held in place with 2x 4mm bolts threaded into cyano reinforced balsa, plus a rear magnetic catch. The new 'experimental' test sail is made from black art card, with double sided battens from the same material, and painted with aircraft do …
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Re: Ship of the desert ? new project (land yacht)
Hi Trev, I have a small SKY RC GPS (about the size of a matchbox) which measures speed, height distance, position etc,- handy little item. JB
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DragonForce 65
… surprise, was considering one of these as fancied a smaller rch-hit">yacht then won this one in a boat club raffle. Turns out it even had a Flysky Tx on board so compatible with my Rx. Only had to replace a couple of lines and some elastic and resol …
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Are Motorized RC Scale Model Boats Hazardous?
… h neigbours complaint about the noice. Our club had sailing rch-hit">yachts, steam and electric. The sailing side has left us last year because of the lack of wind( which is understandable) In the past they loved it because the A class sailing rch-hit">yacht …
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Joysway Caribbean 1/46 Yacht
… another ready-to-run. This one is a FaceBook marketplace purchase and will live in my car when I find a small box. Is ridiculously small at just over 10” and will fit inside my 6’ A Class. The boat needed a little bit of fettling, the prev …
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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part VII - Final Part
… hull and superstructure they were painted with one coat of rch-hit">yacht varnish. The legs of the table and the helmsman's seat were first primed with a metal primer and then painted in an acrylic Ochre coloured finish. I was going to apply anothe …
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Classic boat event, Lake Rotoiti South Island NZ March 2023
… events on the site as well, plus most classic launches and rch-hit">yachts in NZ, (scroll down/keep clicking on links) Some pics have been done in black and white/coloured for effect, very nice. https://www.woodyboater.com/blog/2016/03/11/reporting …
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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part VI
… fittings I gave the hull and superstructure a nice coat of rch-hit">yacht varnish. My next job is to complete the fitting of the rudder servo which I have had problems getting the servo to fit in its location and to stop the servo arm from hitting …
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"Gypsy Queen" Motoryacht
… s, this boat 1/16 scale was build using a fiberglass hull purchased in the internet from Orion Mouldings. The deck and cabin were build from 2mm ABS plastic sheets. It is powered by two 540 brushed motors and two 12v Nihm batteries.
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Sourcing timber
Hi, I used venetian window slats to plank my dragon rch-hit">yacht which is still in build, highly recommended! Tony A........
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1920 10 rater yacht
… used on my ratter 10 .... hope this helps please note I can RC the rudder if required
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Dragon 'Bluebottle' Yacht
… rn. When the pins were removed the sanding before white undercoating covered up all the holes -in the next stage the hull will be lifted from the board turned over and a jig made -then I can start thinking about what I'll do with the inside …