Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: Hermit on December 19, 2009, 06:53:37 pm

Title: River boat
Post by: Hermit on December 19, 2009, 06:53:37 pm

Hi ,  I am in great need of advice, as I had a rush of very ambitious blood to my old  feeble brain.
I bought  the Spirit of Mississippi kit to keep me occupied over the winter nights. Fine you may say   
but I have never built a model boat before, and I have this crazy urge to convert it to R.C.
About me.............I am old(old enough to know better ) live in N.E Lancashire , Keen angler
or as my friends say    "Fish feeder".
Will appreciate any hints or tips you can send my way.

Title: Re: River boat
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 19, 2009, 07:09:07 pm

This one? http://www.premiershipmodels.com/index.php/fuseaction/shop.product/categoryid/72/productid/720

Title: Re: River boat
Post by: dougal99 on December 19, 2009, 07:32:30 pm

Being flat bottomed and very shallow draft you may find the boat works out very top heavy. You would also find that you could only sail it in flat calm as any wind would take it where it wanted.

Anyway if you want to give it a go.

PS welcome to the forum

Title: Re: River boat
Post by: cadman17_36 on December 20, 2009, 12:46:47 am

Welcome to the maddness %% and I'm sure someone can help you out when you need it all you need to do is ask. O0

Title: Re: River boat
Post by: malcolmfrary on December 20, 2009, 10:22:35 am

Welcome aboard.
Such a shallow hull might well need to be extended down about an inch, partly to provide extra buoyancy to compensate for the superstructure probably being heavier than scale, and partly to give somewhere for the heavy stuff (like batteries, motor etc) to live while lowering the centre of gravity.
The originals were not noted for being able to handle rough water, so the model would also be restricted to calm conditions.