Hi All
Thanks for the bits of advice, My tug is Scratch built based on Le Caux at 1/30 scale. I'm a member at Huddersfield, mainly because they were slightly nearer and also Members of MPBA, but I would still enjoy meeting up with some of you with a shared interest. I've done a few mode to the boat already, when I first put it on the water it handled brilliantly going forward but crap backwards, looked about right for speed on 6 volts tried bigger rudders to no effect. After going as a spectator to Balne Moor and talking to them and watching their tugs move I upped my power to 12v which helped, I joined HSME late September then with some advice from them I installed microswitches on the rudder servo to stop the inside motor on the turn, that was a massive improvement so now I've got a machine that I can control going in reverse. I've just put 60mm 4 blade props on it, the Huddersfield pond is a bit shallow at the moment and with all the leaves it's difficult to judge how much of an improvement thats made, but it dose seam to have given it a little extra bite into the water. I am using a 3 channel radio with single speed controller, I keep thinking of going to 4 channel but not straight away I'll run as I am for next season. I'm planning to go to Warwick this weekend to buy some bits for it so I'll try to see you in a couple of weeks.