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1. Madwelshman🇬🇧

   Lieutenant Commander·4 years ago

   One of my boats, the previous owner had stuck 2x 1/2" drive deep sockets into the bottom of the hull, 1x 17mm and 1x 19mm. They have been removed now and I plan on altering battery location, plus a change to a brushless motor from brushed, so between those two things, that should move some weight further aft and remove the need for things like sockets to be stuck in there.
   
   Will
2. Steveg171🇬🇧

   Petty Officer 1st Class·4 years ago

   This is how the previous owner dealt with the ballast issue. It is in need of a good clean up inside.

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3. Steveg171🇬🇧

   Petty Officer 1st Class·4 years ago

   Spot on. The model I just acquired has lead "moulded" into the v of the hull. Not had it on the wet stuff myself yet, but I have to assume it did the job in it's past outings.
4. zooma🇬🇧

   Vice Admiral·4 years ago

   Hi Shopper,
   
   I had a large fishing boat model that was just as unstable as your Sportsman 11 was shown to be in your video and it was because it was top-heavy!
   
   I added quite a bit of weight low down in the hull and it was "as stable as a rock" afterwards and sailed beautifully after that.
   
   Your Sportsman 3 should not need too much weight adding, but if you take some strips of roofing lead with you (old will do!) you can add some after each run until you get the boat as stable as it needs to be and place the weight where it works best.
   
   The Sportsman design does sail very well, but the extra height of the new version may make it a little less stable, but nothing that cannot be fixed with a little more weight fitted as low in the hull as possible.
   
   Your boat look's really nice - I am sure it will sail as good as it looks once you have got it a little lower in the water.
   
   Bob.

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5. redpmg🇿🇦

   Commodore·4 years ago

   Looks a good build - what caused the instability ? Sent a PM about the Sportsman

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6. Shopper🇬🇧

   Petty Officer 1st Class·7 years ago

   Decided to revamp the colour scheme, I think it’s looks a lot better!

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7. Martin555🇬🇧

   Fleet Admiral·7 years ago

   Hi,
   That was close.
   I liked the slow motion.
   
   Martin.

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8. Shopper🇬🇧

   Petty Officer 1st Class·7 years ago

   Maiden voyage!, nearly lost it :-)

   YouTube

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9. Shopper🇬🇧

   Petty Officer 1st Class·7 years ago

   https://www.modelboats.co.uk/news/article/lesro-sportsman/25966
   
   There’s an article on it here...

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10. Shopper🇬🇧

    Petty Officer 1st Class·7 years ago

    Well maiden voyage semi successful, no chance of a video it flew!, too much speed, to course a prop, chewed through a 12v 3.3ah battery in about 4 minutes...
    So, new prop on order, same diameter much less course, rearranged batteries to use 7.2v, and added 4 of them in parallel to give me 14ah.
    Will also add a couple of chines to the Hull for stability

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11. Julio🇪🇸Bronze

    Petty Officer 1st Class·7 years ago

    Hi:
    any plans?, measures?
    Thanks.-👍

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12. figtree7nts🇺🇸

    Admiral·7 years ago

    Looks very good.
    Can't wait to see a Maiden Voyage video!
    
    Cheers, Ed

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