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Lieutenant 📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 1 day ago
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Hi Doug, no it was a fellow club member in the UK.
dave976
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Fleet Admiral 📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
Online: 6 days ago
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Weren't me Guv.
Musta bin two uvver fellas😁
Doug 😎 (AKA FLEET 😉)
Musta bin two uvver fellas😁
Doug 😎 (AKA FLEET 😉)
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Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 1 day ago
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Just found another article in Model Boats Sept 1976 "A Sailing Square Rigger"
dave976
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📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 1 day ago
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I have spoken to Doug and he used articles in Model Boats. My database identifies the October 1977 issue of Model Boats with an article about "Radio Control of Square Rigged Ships". There were more but I can not find them at the moment. There is no easy answer to your question as this is a rather specialised section of our hobby and no one source of info will answer all your questions. Doug did mention that the masts need to pivot 60 deg each side ( ie 120deg in total) if you are ever to turn to port or starboard. I am attaching some pics of his clipper
dave976
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📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Brilliant, I have found an article in model boat magazine which shows a way of doing it. But it has raised more questions. Look forward to his advice and recommendations.
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📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 1 day ago
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Hillro
Thanks I will ask Doug and get back to You
Dave976
Thanks I will ask Doug and get back to You
Dave976
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📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 17 minutes ago
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Hi, it's the RRS discovery . Based in Dundee.
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📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 1 day ago
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Hi Robert
Sqare rigged ships look magnificent on the water but do require a lot of experience sailing model yachts. We have a member in my club who has successfully sailed several such models using his own designs for controlling the sails. He also uses bolt on keels similar to a yacht as they are quite top heavy. Does the whaling ship you are modelling have a name? Doug has extensive records of all types of sailing ships and if he knows what you are intending to build I'm sure he will be more than willing to give advice on sail control.
dave976
Sqare rigged ships look magnificent on the water but do require a lot of experience sailing model yachts. We have a member in my club who has successfully sailed several such models using his own designs for controlling the sails. He also uses bolt on keels similar to a yacht as they are quite top heavy. Does the whaling ship you are modelling have a name? Doug has extensive records of all types of sailing ships and if he knows what you are intending to build I'm sure he will be more than willing to give advice on sail control.
dave976
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Lieutenant Commander 📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Online: 20 hours ago
Online: 20 hours ago
take a look at Model Boat Magazine, March 2021 and look for Windjammer
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📝 Sail control of RRS Discovery . Help required
Country: 🇺🇸 United States
Online: 4 days ago
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As long as I am not steppinon anyone's toes or breaking some long standing ethical standard,
there is a long thread on R/C Groups dedicated to rigging operational R/C square riggers. it can be found here:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1048580-Desig...
there is a long thread on R/C Groups dedicated to rigging operational R/C square riggers. it can be found here:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1048580-Desig...
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