Hi,
I decided to have a go at making a yacht and and chose the Aeronaut Clipper. Sadly, I've hit a couple of issues with my "alterations".
1. The manufacturers design is to have fixed sails and a RC rudder but I decided to (try) and make the sails RC as well.
Normally, the jib sheet is secured to an eyelet on the deck but instead i've drilled the deck and passed the sheet through a small plastic tube then to an eyelet under the mainsail entry point (near the stern) at the bottom of the hull then to the (extended)servo arm. It seemed to work ok when the hull was incomplete (ie. no hull sides) but now when all is finshed the sheet is catching when trying to let out the sail, I think, on the bottom of the plastic tube. In hindsight perhaps an eyelet below the deck where the sheet comes through like i did with the mainsail might have been better, tho, typically, I can't do that now as i can't reach it!
So, I thought about running the sheet through a tube all the way from above the deck to the eyelet but what type of tubing? How to make the bends? Other ideas?
2. The sails don't move a whole lot so, I was thinking about some sort of pulley arrangement (is it called double purchase?) but could do with a proper picture/explanation plus where would you buy the bits to implement it.
Thanks for reading, any thoughts/alternatives welcome.
Cheers,
Mark