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Anyone into boats at all?

  • 26-03-2008 05:02PM
    #1
    workaccount
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    Or are they just boring?


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  • #2
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    i WANT this....
    http://www.rchobby.co.uk/tamiya_yacht_yamaha_ex40.html

    :D:D

    but where to go with it is the problem..


  • #3
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    The Doktor wrote: »
    i WANT this....
    http://www.rchobby.co.uk/tamiya_yacht_yamaha_ex40.html

    :D:D

    but where to go with it is the problem..

    Looks nice but what would you do with it? Twud be boring as hell. Wouldn't even make a class noise. :cool:


  • #4
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Boats are fun.
    You do need water and have a recovery method figured out for emergency though, be it spool of fishing line, weight and catapult, or whatever.

    I have done several. My last was a 1/4 scale Formule One Tunnel with a 11cc outboard.

    I have got two boats as work in progress right now as it happens. A 28" scratch-built 1966 33ft Fairey Swordsman speedboat, and a rather bigger marine bathymetric surveyor.

    BTW regarding the yachts .... People tend to forget - yachts are like kites - no fun in nice weather .... but on a windy day they're hot.


  • #5
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    coolwings wrote: »
    Boats are fun.
    You do need water and have a recovery method figured out for emergency though, be it spool of fishing line, weight and catapult, or whatever.

    I have done several. My last was a 1/4 scale Formule One Tunnel with a 11cc outboard.

    I have got two boats as work in progress right now as it happens. A 28" scratch-built 1966 33ft Fairey Swordsman speedboat, and a rather bigger marine bathymetric surveyor.

    BTW regarding the yachts .... People tend to forget - yachts are like kites - no fun in nice weather .... but on a windy day they're hot.

    Yeah I suppose a really big boat would be deadly alright. I dunno about a small one though.


  • #6
    bitemybanger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    A shot of my wee collection including the Hammer:D


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  • #7
    superflyguy321
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭superflyguy321


    Yeah dont know much about them but wood love drive a nice speed boat accross the lake. So who does nice fast electric?


  • #8
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    I have a pal who used to do glowfuel airboats.
    Now he makes scratch built hydrofoils from metal and wood.
    They are very fast. The canal is very narrow when a model is going at the speeds he gets up to.

    I have an unused ducted fan jet unit lying around somewhere ... been toying with the idea of making a small fast hull to test out as a turbine jet air-boat. Given the speeds of ducted fan efflux, that would be a fast model indeed, cheap and simple to make too.

    Got a couple of other projects to finish first. :-)


  • #9
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    Here are a few I saw at a show recently.


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