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Title: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on January 30, 2012, 09:28:29 pm

 :-))Hi all members we in jersey we have a new craze  that is RC land yachts, fun to run in a good wind, we run on sunday mornings, there are four now ready and in use and about six more to come,  you can see us on jersey model boats .com,  have a look and you will want one,  also you can find them on www poly pipe land yachts,
cheers from a very cold jersey,

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Post by: Norseman on February 01, 2012, 09:24:46 pm

Video Video  :-)) :}

Dave

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Post by: unbuiltnautilus on February 02, 2012, 02:28:41 pm

Excellent footage, I want one. Any precise dimensions available for a build?

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Post by: triumphjon on February 02, 2012, 08:03:51 pm

some basic dimensions would be helpfull please , maybe we can build a few here on the mainland too ?

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Post by: The long Build on February 02, 2012, 08:13:16 pm

My son has one as well, Very kindly given to him by Jaydee, we have yet to test it out on a flat run but being close to a few good beaches (NewBrighton) etc I have been told they can easily get up to 40mph.

Annoying thing is we went to NB not long ago on the spur of the moment thing and it was only when we were nearly there I realised we could have taken it , Doh.. %%

 

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 03, 2012, 08:10:52 am

Hi all Thanks for looking at our land yachts on jersey model boats.com   I found this site  some time ago thy are cheep to build made out of poly pipe,  Plans can be found on
You tube  under RC POLY PIPE LAND YACHTS,  and we in jersey now have six on the go and boy do they GO, we found you do need wheels with bearings, and its best to have the sails made the same as on the poly pipe site,  cheers and hope you all have great fun as we do,  regards  tony  jersey,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: lancejsy on February 03, 2012, 07:10:07 pm

Hello all. Tonysmoke and Roger Hamelin are responsible for this cheap form of racing landyachts . You can see how we built them on jerseymodelboats.com
and we also have some short clips from Las Brayes carpark. This picture below is of my bright pink and red landyacht. we got all the dimentions from Andy Newton
who's format we are following in jersey. As tonysmoke has said this weekend 5/2/12 we will have 6 racing so I will try to get some more pics or clips for
 you and to put on you tube. I have posted picsof every step of the way so have a look.

(http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww141/lancejsy/normal%20pictures%20overload%20from%201st%20album/DSCF9257.jpg)

In this piture below from left to right Roger and mirs Hamelin, Jeff Stratford, Charles Gallichan (my dad) Jackie and Tonysmoke or Tony Le Breton.

 (http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww141/lancejsy/normal%20pictures%20overload%20from%201st%20album/DSCF9393.jpg)

Good luck and we hope you have as much fun as we are having with them in jersey.

 Please pop into jerseymodelboats.com or visit Andy Newton's polypipe.com for the latest pic and clips.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 05, 2012, 05:52:18 pm

Has the Jersey Model Boat website shut down?, as I joined it so I could ask about Dimensions of the Land Yachts, but it says there is no news and to come back later.
So, I can build one from the photo but, I would be nice to build one to your dimensions, can you help please.

Thanks,

Len

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 05, 2012, 08:30:41 pm

Hello Len no there should be no prob with jersey model boats .com  but you can also look at u/tube  poly pipe land yacht,  full plans on there we all made ours from this site,
hope this helps Len, to day sun 11am we tried them out in winds of gusting to 6 a bit strong but did they fly,  a video will be on our site monday night,  hope you have good luck
with yours regards tony,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 06, 2012, 06:27:33 pm

I still cannot get in to the Web site or even look at the polypipe land yacht video, can you try it out and post a link please.

Len.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 07, 2012, 12:14:49 pm

Hello Len i have sent you a pm  lance will get back to asap, thanks for looking, they are great fun to sail, hope to get you sorted soon, regards tony Le Breton

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: DickyD on February 07, 2012, 12:57:24 pm

I'm still waiting for my activation e'mail Tony. {:-{

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 07, 2012, 07:55:18 pm

sorry Dicky again lance our man of the nett will sort it out asap,  cheers

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Post by: lancejsy on February 08, 2012, 10:11:36 am

Hello all from jerseymodelboats.com and I am sorry that members of modelboatmayhem are having trouble getting on to our site.  Firstly, Please accept my apologies for not being able to get on the site. If you send your details to [email protected] this should include the way you will be signing in and your password only to our site and I can do a quick user entry for you and I will let you know straight away bud.  DickyD  Please can you sign up again as I deleted your details by complete accident. You can do one of two things, firstly you can sign up again or you can join up using the way as Len is going to do  it. Once again Please except my apologies  and I hope you both try again and I will sort it out ASAP. The polypipe landyachts are getting more popular on the rock and are cheap to run as you can see from our site. The website is jersey model boats, but now we include landyachts in the header its going so well.
Cheers all

Lancejsy
ADMIN

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: DickyD on February 08, 2012, 11:26:11 am

Thanks for the PM

Now all I get is   "No news items at the moment - please check back soon." is this normal ?(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/Smileys/breakpc1.gif)

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 08, 2012, 08:20:58 pm

Again sorry Dicky you should get to the front page, i will get on to lance now thanks mate,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: lancejsy on February 09, 2012, 06:55:32 pm

Sorry mate, Ill get on to it bud.
lancejsy

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Welsh Wizard on February 09, 2012, 07:58:29 pm

HAd no problems at all last night went right through the site nice it is as well


Dave

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 09, 2012, 09:08:39 pm

Thanks and welcome to jersey model boats in jersey, Both Lance and Mark put a great deal of work into this site for us here in jersey,hope you all find the site of use as we do,
regards  tony,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: lancejsy on February 10, 2012, 11:03:59 am

Thanks Tony for your kind comments and remember you started this lot off, and its the members who make the site.
This weekend we will have 6 ready to have some fun racing around the carpark.
Their are 3 more under way on the rock so one day we will have 9 joining in the fun. I will post some pictures
and youtube clips on Jersey model boats on sunday night and maybe here.
 We are thinking of making some T-Shirts up for the summer and would like some ideas on what to print.
If you know of any cheap T-shirt printers around your part of the country please let us know  :-)).
Thank You
Lancejsy

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Post by: DickyD on February 10, 2012, 11:12:01 am

Lance, colour blind people cannot see black writing on a red background. ;)

I'm assuming that is what is on the red strip. {:-{

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on February 10, 2012, 11:27:00 am

It says    "Cheap T shirt printers"    Dicky.    I think he's using  'Centred text. as well.   :}


ken

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Norseman on February 10, 2012, 12:45:56 pm

If you highlight it then you will see white letters on a light blue background

Dave

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 10, 2012, 03:32:13 pm

Quote from: tonysmoke on February 08, 2012, 08:20:58 pm

Again sorry Dicky you should get to the front page, i will get on to lance now thanks mate,

I still cannot get to the home page, so I have been unable to log out.

Len.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: DickyD on February 10, 2012, 04:02:15 pm

Quote from: Big Ada on February 10, 2012, 03:32:13 pm

I still cannot get to the home page, so I have been unable to log out.

Len.

I think I will give up and go to this one instead  http://srcmbc.org.uk/   no land yachts, plenty of boats and things.   :-))

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Post by: Netleyned on February 10, 2012, 04:24:21 pm

Just registered, got the email, clicked on it and was able to log straight on to the site simples!

Ned

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: triumphjon on February 10, 2012, 08:22:41 pm

think it would be better if we could all have some guiding dimensions , ive found the wheelbase and track , and another for the mast height , however ive not bee able to find any reference as to where to position the mast ?  from the interest shown here we could have quite a number of them on the mainland ! jon

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 11, 2012, 08:19:16 am

 :-))  Hi all members there is now a full build blog for the POLY PIPE LAND YACHT  put together by lance so please take a look on JERSEY MODEL BOATS .COM
aim sure this will help us all with our builds, TONYSMOKE,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 14, 2012, 06:00:37 pm

 :-))Hello all Please have a look on JERSEY MODEL BOATS .COM  for an update on the RC land yachts as we had a great time at la La Braye this sunday, Each week we seem to have more yachts joining us and thats great,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 20, 2012, 11:48:39 am

Sunday 19th Feb, six RC Land yachts on the beach WOW did they go well, we had good wind and off they went, up and down the beach,A lot of interest from bystanders,
next week we are  hopping to hold our first race for real, Have a look on JERSEY MODEL BOATS .COM tonight for a video of our time on the beach, regards tonysmoke,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 21, 2012, 06:25:56 pm

I had mine out yesterday in a Car Park, its difficult to find an empty one near me, the one I used was block paving and had a slope to it.
I have changed the front wheel for a smaller one and need to cut down on the steering servo travel to stop the front wheel jamming on full lock.

Len, aka rokbottom on the jersey site.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 21, 2012, 07:56:06 pm

Hi Len good to here yours is on the go, its a matter of adjust and adjust again till its right for you, i find a small front wheel works for me, mine is a nose wheel off a plane, model that is, we were on the beach sunday as la braye car park was closed for rally cars on a time trial thing, but it turned out best on the beach more room for the yachts to run, regards tony

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: lancejsy on February 22, 2012, 09:35:56 pm

Hello all, me hear. Great weekend on the beach at Ouaisne in jersey and I have posted a youtube clip on the site or go straight to youtube and type in polypipe or gallifamily and you will get all the local clips i have posted. If you join the site I will try to answer any question you have asap or just post your question here and me or Tonysmoke and other members will help you out. Again I hope you are having as much fun as we are having at the moment on Jersey. The beach is better for getting more people involved as the public use the beach more then standing around in a car park.  :-)) Here is the sail size straight from the horses mouth as they say or is it Andys mouth in Aus, remember it is all in CM not inch's good luck and it works .  ;)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6872965323_61f6f7a94c_o.jpg)

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Norseman on February 22, 2012, 10:06:46 pm

Odd how every time I visit this thread my screen opens on Ned's number  25 post  O0
I wonder if there is a subliminal message in it?

Dave

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: triumphjon on February 23, 2012, 07:25:55 am

thanks for the sail plan/ dimensions , im slowly gathering the peices together to build one myself , ive got the main body as a very kind trades person threw out a length of 32 mm & a length of 40 mm polypipe last week , ive got two lengths of 7mm carbon fibre tubing but both are only 900mm in length so may need to step them ? ?  just need a couple of pipe ends an angle and the clip to form the axle , how do they perform with standard servos as opposed to using the beefier sail arm servos ? jon

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 23, 2012, 07:48:18 am

Hello mate your well on your way with parts, i think for the sail you will need the power and beef of a big sail servo, its all down to power of the wind, works for us no problem,
hope this helps Jon, regards tonysmoke jersey

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 23, 2012, 02:26:46 pm

Hi Triumphjon,
Use the larger size pipe as it will take a 4pack of AA batteries, and you could maybe get away with not using a 45degree bend by drilling the pipe at 45 for the steering column.

Len.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 23, 2012, 02:29:47 pm

(http://s13.postimage.org/63j1hh4kj/Land_Yacht_13th_Feb_2012_005.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/63j1hh4kj/)

I have done a few mods since this was posted.

Len.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on February 23, 2012, 05:05:01 pm

Looks great Len, i like the sail colour , just need some wind and off you go, hope you have a great time with yours as we do, regards tonysmoke

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: triumphjon on February 23, 2012, 06:50:14 pm

thank you len , i was intending to use the larger diameter of pipe , what are the wheels you are using ?  jon

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Big Ada on February 24, 2012, 11:10:00 am

Hi Jon,
The rear wheels are from a kids scooter and the front one Im not sure about, but I have changed it for one from Inline skates.

Len.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: lancejsy on February 26, 2012, 08:55:17 pm

Hello all, it me again. welcome triumph jon  more of a Suzi GSX  O0 1400 man myself. I have changed our wheels to the in-line 120mm as they seem to be a good all rounder. Andy who designed the ones we are using has used the smaller wheel as the centre and found that the trolley wheels screwed onto them works well, if you have a look at his clip on our site jerseymodelboats.com he can explain it a bit better then I can. Big Ada like the colours I like by the looks of things as mine are now bright pink he he he. We are thinking of having some t-shirts done soon to advertise Polypipes across the channel islands. No wind this weekend Sun 26th 2nd as the island has been closed due to being fog bound so wind stayed away at the same time. I hope this blog is helpful to you bud and its nice to hear from members from the uk who are having fun as well. Keep it up and remember if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask Cheers Chaps

Lance Gallichan

Sunny Jersey  :-))

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on March 03, 2012, 07:46:04 am

Friday 3/2/12 we all met with the local press for an interview and pictures , we had nine RC landyachts on show and still more to come,
this weekend we hope to have ten or so running now the fog has gone we may have some wind,  check out JERSEYMODELBOATS.COM for more info,

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: triumphjon on March 03, 2012, 01:36:54 pm

have you not had the same forcast we have for the next 24 hours ? heavy rain turning to sleet & possibly snow , think you may need to fit skis instead of wheels !

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: Norseman on March 03, 2012, 05:38:51 pm

Quote from: triumphjon on March 03, 2012, 01:36:54 pm

skis instead of wheels

And that's how a new class is born   O0

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on March 04, 2012, 07:32:43 am

O/K mate you were right its now sunday morning RAIN RAIN and more RAIN,  so no play today, have to get in the shed and do some work on my narrow boat, cheers all.

Title: Re: R/C Land Yachts
Post by: tonysmoke on March 09, 2012, 07:47:10 am

Thursday 8th on the beach at la braye, six of us met with our ploy pipe land yachts ready to go, light winds and sunshine, Wow some of them went so well, now we are getting the hang of them, the beach is best as less things to bump into as on wed 7th high winds in car park and lots of wheels flying about and yachts on there sides, A big thank you to
Andrew newton for the  use and his design and  comments ,  also thanks to lance for all his hard work on JERSEY MODEL BOATS .COM