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One of my few new purchases, from Hobbyking, a slight price reduction for the Xmas season!
What a great mistake, enjoyed the build, sailing the beast a very different experience.
Sails like a brick / nail! Even in the lightest breeze it turns turtle, have tried demounting each of the 2 sails, always the same result --- a real piece of cr*p.
Hopefully this year I might get better results, my ideas are either to mount a ballast weight normally used on a 'Footy' at the base of the keel or a small wing at the bottom, or even a combination of the two. I cannot add too much ballast because that would reduce the flotation level where the two outriggers would be waterbourne as well.
My advice AVOID it!!
What a great mistake, enjoyed the build, sailing the beast a very different experience.
Sails like a brick / nail! Even in the lightest breeze it turns turtle, have tried demounting each of the 2 sails, always the same result --- a real piece of cr*p.
Hopefully this year I might get better results, my ideas are either to mount a ballast weight normally used on a 'Footy' at the base of the keel or a small wing at the bottom, or even a combination of the two. I cannot add too much ballast because that would reduce the flotation level where the two outriggers would be waterbourne as well.
My advice AVOID it!!
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Now tell me so and so sailed round the world in one.
So what, I saw one fall to pieces in the Medway.
Looking at your model the outrigger hulls look too long. Even if she sailed, I doubt she would tack. Fitting a keel of some sort is probably a good idea, should stop her capsizing. I would have thought she would have had one supplied as part of the kit.
I'm no expert on tris, things like that don't appeal.
Nerys