Lurking below the OPUS rig which has been getting all of the attention lately is my new hull design, the Dragon. Construction is a hybrid form of my usual system, EPS foam core, balsa wood sides, stem and transom with a high density foam bottom. The bottom is 5mm thick and this allows the chine [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Dragon tales…
Posted in model sail boats, tagged Dragon, Footy yacht, OPUS rig, RC boat, una rig on April 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
housekeeping
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been doing a little reorganising around here so I thought I should explain. There is now a new tab or ‘page’ at the top called ‘the OPUS rig’, this is where I will collate all of the information about our Scale Sailing OPUS una rig. Some content will be copied from the normal [...]
racing battery boxes
Posted in model sail boats, tagged boats, Footy, model sailboats, R/C on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have secured a supply of 3 cell battery boxes with integral switches. These boxes are in AA and AAA battery sizes. I am converting them for RC Footy use by the addition of a universal receiver plug.
These battery boxes make for a neat installation and save the space and weight of a seperate receiver switch. [...]
introducing Dragon and the OPUS rig
Posted in model sail boats, tagged bendy mast, Dragon, Footy, McAllister, model sailboat, OPUS rig, Scale Sailing, una rig on April 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Over the winter I have been developing a different style of una rig and a new footy to test it on. Early talk about flexible rigs and their benefits for use on footys centred around the flexible mast but apparent complexities in their design meant there was little development in that direction. Later the ‘McRig’ came [...]
