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Re: BAT1 - Rear Axle
« Reply #50 on: July 18, 2015, 12:15:58 am »


Rear axle next, easy!
small hole marks axle centre point.
Dab of Hot Glue under the axle and nail varnish thread lock.







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Re: HobbyKing BAT1 - Three wheels on my wagon...
« Reply #51 on: July 18, 2015, 10:50:49 pm »


Nail on a couple of wheels...











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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1 - Mast
« Reply #52 on: July 18, 2015, 10:59:45 pm »


Next the mast.

I used nail varnish again... just in case!
I used the longer section as the lower end where the higher stress is.













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Re: HobbyKing BAT1 = Boom!
« Reply #53 on: July 18, 2015, 11:08:22 pm »


OK so I know nothing about yachts, mast, booms, etc....
I know that but just to emphasize that, there's nothing in the manual about fitting the boom!   {:-{

Lets see if I can figure this out...









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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #54 on: July 18, 2015, 11:10:05 pm »


Nope!  Shouldn't the boom be connected to the mast somehow?!?!?
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #56 on: July 19, 2015, 09:15:08 am »


Nope!  Shouldn't the boom be connected to the mast somehow?!?!?


Martin, the tack of the sail (the bottom front corner) has two tabs.  You have them both round the mast, one should go round the boom.  The end of the boom with the screw is the outboard end.  The end close to the mast has a hole for the cocktail stick which goes through the hole in the tab.  The small rubber band holds the sail to the outboard end of the boom.

Well, that is how Hobbyking "designed" it as far as I can figure.  But it's rubbish.  The sail will never set properly without tension kept on the foot and luff and something to stop the boom flying up in the air.  My solution is earlier in this thread but there are certainly others.  By all means try the rig as designed - it works after a fashion - but it'll need some work if you want it to give continued satisfaction!

Good luck!

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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #57 on: July 19, 2015, 11:15:23 am »

Cracking close ups Martin, the writers of the build manual could learn a lot from this -
my philosophy 1 photo is better than a hundred words !
the model should go really well, minimum component parts hence lightweight = speed,
looking forward to the movie !

On a recent Scrapheap Challenge they built land yachts and quoted
in a 20mph wind a dinghy would travel at 12mph and a land yacht 30+mph.

Need a big empty space to test it, the acceleration is unbelievable 0 to flat out in an instant !

regards Paul
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #58 on: July 19, 2015, 01:34:27 pm »


Ah! Cheers Greg!    :-))

I've also found these photos:

So THAT's what the toothpick and rubber band are for!!!




http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2457961

Right, good! Just make these modifications and were good to go!
..... Do we think these tires will provide enough flotation? Or will I have to wait until winter and the water freezes over?!


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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #59 on: July 19, 2015, 06:47:57 pm »

..... Do we think these tires will provide enough flotation?

Go on Martin, give it a go.  Good long run up and....  %%

Just make sure the video's running!

(There's a very good piece on waterproofing electronics here - just in case  %) )

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Re: Land Yacht BAT1 - Boom not Bust!
« Reply #60 on: July 21, 2015, 07:21:54 am »


OK, boom fixings corrected.











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... just need to fit this now and we off to the races!

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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #61 on: July 21, 2015, 01:56:21 pm »

In case anyone has never snipped off the long end of a zip tie, the cut end is hard as hell and twice as sharp. Been there, done that.
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #62 on: July 21, 2015, 02:28:15 pm »

I have a plaster on my right middle finger
at this time to bear witness to this fact.
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #63 on: July 21, 2015, 03:12:59 pm »


No one?

I will be fitting this....but what for?



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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #64 on: July 21, 2015, 03:27:36 pm »

Martin

You are going to give the Yacht a Battering ???

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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #65 on: July 21, 2015, 03:29:59 pm »

A sliceof the action?

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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #66 on: July 22, 2015, 08:17:55 pm »

You're not serious are you?


Ok if I must...... Er a brake that fits underneath and scrapes against the sand...... :embarrassed:     U er 3
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #67 on: July 24, 2015, 09:15:44 pm »

are we going to find out what its for

part of bbq set while your on beach using the land yacht
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #68 on: July 24, 2015, 09:53:02 pm »


Rain stop play....
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #69 on: July 24, 2015, 11:03:04 pm »

oh excuses excuses where is your spirit of adventure not got a brolly ha ha


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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #70 on: July 25, 2015, 10:48:29 am »

He's not really going to fit it he just wants us to come up with crazy suggestions for his own entertainment  O0 ...... Ha ha.  U2
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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #71 on: July 27, 2015, 06:31:08 pm »

It's to create some wind.
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Re: Land Yacht BAT1 - Maiden!
« Reply #72 on: July 28, 2015, 11:30:07 am »


Actually fixed the boom up last week and then had to wait for the right weather! Had it's first run last night in Tesco car park, great fun! ..... there seems to be a lot of walking involved with a Land Yachts!!!!

Full report once I've edited the videos.

(New Manual: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...9X86361X54.pdf )


















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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #73 on: July 28, 2015, 05:54:17 pm »


Hey Greg!

I know very little about yachty things, could you elaborate on:

1. "to try and improve things a bit"
2. "boom vang to keep the boom level"

Ta!   :-)
 Martin



Not sure if anyone is interested but just in case...

Here's what I did to the rig to try and improve things a bit.  There was no room for a conventional boom vang to keep the boom level, so I went for a windsurfer-style wishbone arrangement.  All bashed together out of whatever I had to hand, so it's a bit rough and ready, but if it works OK I can tart it up a bit later.

(Come on Martin, where's yours??)

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Re: Land Yacht HobbyKing BAT1
« Reply #74 on: July 28, 2015, 06:00:10 pm »

Posh name for Kicking Strap {-)

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