Hello Folks !
i`ve wanted somethign small to travel or rather something i could build while traveling and then take with me. I`m currently in Doha Qatar and the windy days here convinced me that a sailboat is the answer to my needs
Because i like small i choose the Razor 3 and scaled it to 55% giving the follwoing specs:
Length overall 180mm (7in)
beam 56mm (2,2 in)
Displacement 75g (2,65oz) and the ballast weight minimum 35g scaled from the original model.
Initially i thougth i`d put a parkzone "brick" in it but later decieded that i would have to go for more powerful servos. I now have in there:
2 x Esky 4g Servos
AR6100 DSM2 RX (very large but teh only thing avialable)
a LOSI micro NiCD 150mAh 4 cell akku
The Boat is built from 0,6mm ply (also the only thing available that was suitable) and a bit of balsa.
The Keel is a 1oz fishing weight , slightly too small as per the specs but i think it is adequate.
Finding space inside for teh RC installation was a bit tricky but it works. The biggest issue i have is that i need to plug teh akku into the RX directly and teh access for that is a bit tight even with small needle nose pliers.
The rig was built exactly to scale.
I sailed it on the compound pool and am happy to report that it works :) sailing perfectly well! The winds at the pool are a bit confused but nevertheless you start moving at barely a breath of air and she tacks and wears even in strong gusts. Sometime i was wanting a storm rig but unfortunately i didn`t have enough material to make another.. a deficiency i`ll fix as soon as i`m home again.
Sailing video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak652obljr4