My new toy

[englisharcher]

This is 31 inch long

[dr_gn]

Nice toy - I'd love one, but there's nowhere to use it near where I live.

[Amused2death]

I'm very familiar with Tx and flying, but have no idea what does what on a yacht. Could you expand please?

[DIW35]

Simplest control for a yacht is just the rudder. Next control to add would usually be a sail winch.

[Amused2death]

After I posted I'd figured out that one channel at least was for the rudder, but have no idea about what else it may be possible to make it do

[MBBlat]

One channel is for the rudder & steers the boat.
The second controls the angle of the sails, the Main (big sail at back) and Jib (small sail in front) lines are usually connected and controlled by the same channel. It's a bit like a throttle (in to speed up, out to slow down) except you also want to adjust the sails to the wind direction from the yachts direction of travel. Simples

[englisharcher]

MBBlat said:

One channel is for the rudder & steers the boat.
The second controls the angle of the sails, the Main (big sail at back) and Jib (small sail in front) lines are usually connected and controlled by the same channel. It's a bit like a throttle (in to speed up, out to slow down) except you also want to adjust the sails to the wind direction from the yachts direction of travel. Simples

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Seriously, it is that simple, people see all the rigging, and think they are complicated, they really couldn't be simpler.

[dr_gn]

See it's threads like this that annoy me: I have nowhere to sail a model like that, yet I now really want one.

[englisharcher]

dr_gn said:

See it's threads like this that annoy me: I have nowhere to sail a model like that, yet I now really want one.

Sorry

[Amused2death]

englisharcher said:

MBBlat said:

One channel is for the rudder & steers the boat.
The second controls the angle of the sails, the Main (big sail at back) and Jib (small sail in front) lines are usually connected and controlled by the same channel. It's a bit like a throttle (in to speed up, out to slow down) except you also want to adjust the sails to the wind direction from the yachts direction of travel. Simples

What he said



Seriously, it is that simple, people see all the rigging, and think they are complicated, they really couldn't be simpler.

Thanks all for your explanations....much appreciated

[Red Firecracker]

Very nice, a bit of a step up from my old pond yacht.

There is a boating lagoon a couple of miles from me, it's very wrong that one day I'd love to sit there with a submerged sub with working weapon systems, isn't it?