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[Lance]

I have dismantled and am in the rebuild phase of an old tiller steered pond yacht (87cm LOA, 24cm beam).  Am fitting sails with RC control am stumbling over how to connect tiller to RC lever arm servo.     Cheers

[Rich griff]

Why not 2 channel, one to rudder and one to sail arm ?

[Netleyned]

This is a work in progress.
An old R36R.
I like the dual control rods on any yacht over 36"
The cutout at the rudder post was to see if it were
feasible to route under the deck, but sadly, not.

[garethjones35]

Lance,
The method I used on an old Shetland class pond yacht that I converted to radio control is shown in the photos below.  It uses a drum type winch as the drive for the rudder and the control lines use a pair of pulleys that had been part of the original self steering mechanism.  I had to use a drum type winch as I could not get enough travel from a lever type of servo.


The yacht is bigger than yours at approximately 1.5 m and around 25 kg in weight.  its not the only way of operating a tiller from a servo but it worked for me and reasonably looks the part on a vintage yacht.
Gareth

[Paul HD]

Lance,
The method I used on an old Shetland class pond yacht that I converted to radio control is shown in the photos below.  It uses a drum type winch as the drive for the rudder and the control lines use a pair of pulleys that had been part of the original self steering mechanism.  I had to use a drum type winch as I could not get enough travel from a lever type of servo.


The yacht is bigger than yours at approximately 1.5 m and around 25 kg in weight.  its not the only way of operating a tiller from a servo but it worked for me and reasonably looks the part on a vintage yacht.
Gareth

Hi Gareth,


That is fantastic and really does look like it is part of a vintage system.


Do you make those blocks/pulley or do you buy them? Would be great to know what supplier you use.


Cheers,
Paul.

[garethjones35]

Paul,


Two of the pulley blocks were original, the other two were home made to match.  I used brass strip from Eileens Emporium and the pulley wheels came from Cornwall Model Boats who supply lots of assorted types of pulley blocks which you could probably use or adapt.


Gareth

[Paul HD]

Thanks Gareth,


I will bookmark those sites.


Regards,
Paul.