hello gents,
my paddler , of the aussie river style, 42 inch+16 inch beam , has independent paddle wheel drives, and it has saved me on more than 1 occasion, as these paddlers don' like wind , dont steer that well, but look lovely on the water.
the issue w aussie paddlers , is that they dont like wind, little wind on the murray , most of the time, in model size , this is even worse
the other version that I am trying next is independent paddle drive, this time I will only stop the paddle wheel on either side ,rather than reverse it as well, as I feel this is all that is required.
the real next trick is a becker rudder ,of large size, that will help a lot w steering these beasts, as it is a stand off scale UK paddle tug ,there is no scale issues w this modification
food for thought
bill S