Well the ‘Orlando Twins’ are coming along nicely. Both have been finished in spar varnish over the ply hulls and deck with the balsa hatch covers being spray painted in off white, lead bulbs to match. One of these boats is for sale and I just put details of this at the web site. Click on the ‘Specials’ link on the contents page at www.scalesailing.com
I am fitting my Spektrum DX6i radio control with tiny (3 gram) AR6100 receiver in the boat. I have sailed with this radio quite a bit now and radio range is as much as I need with a footy even with the shorter range receivers such as this one. Next I need to sort out a range of rigs ready for the event. I have three ‘A’ size rigs so far and need to build a small ‘B-rig’ in case the wind gets up strong. I like to use a small ‘A-rig’ rather than the rules specified ‘B-rig’ in windy conditions but over a two day event it is just too risky to go with a small ‘A-rig’ and lose the choice of a larger rig if the wind drops. So I will make the biggest ‘B’ I can!
Only two weeks away now and I must admit I am getting pretty excited about our trip down south to race and of course holiday.
Just dropping by.Btw, you website have great content!
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Wow I really enjoyed reading about your footy. It looks really nice and clean. I can’t wait to see some finished photos and hopefully some with this on the water.
Great website! My daughter and I are building a footy together. What size servo did you use for sail control on the footy using the Opus rig? Also, on the opening page there is a picture of the kittywake with a circular hatch reminiscent of RC Laser– did you make these yourself or buy them at a supply house? Do you make your own sloop rig or buy them? If purchased, can you tell us where you bought both parts?
Thank you so much!
Hello Jake, welcome to footydom! The ‘Dragon’ with the OPUS rig uses a Bluebird BMS 380-MAX (see http://www.scalesailing.com/product.htm 2/3rds down the page).
The heading photo you referred to is a ‘Pond Sprite’ which has a flat deck. The hatch cover is a Pringles (TM) lid with a coaming made from two slightly differing sizes of plywood rings, very carefully cut to size. Rather hard to duplicate I’m afraid without some trial and error.
I make the sloop rigs myself and the rig for the K2 is available from the same page on our web site as above. The sails only (main and jib) cost $21.95 plus shipping.
I hope this helps,
Graham