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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: December 2014
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 12 December, 2014. Well it's time for me to take a bit of a winter break. Am doing loads of thinking about my next steps on the boat, but for the next few weeks will have precious little time to actually get anything done on it. For now, have a fun and peaceful holiday season! Links to this post. 09 December, 2014. Links to this post. 08 December, 2014.
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: A proper test sail!
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 06 May, 2015. A proper test sail! Today Rod Carr and I met at Juanita Beach, WA to test sail my Star 45 against the new. 475 Had a great time although the wind was pretty squirrely. We found out that the new. 475 sails really well! 475 you could really tell how differently the two boats handled. I couldn't be happier with how this boat turned out!
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: May 2014
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 19 May, 2014. Star 45 number 2? UPDATE: It is now called the Salish 475. As of 10 May, 2015! Click the link to see the completed boat! Call me crazy, but I just took delivery of another Star 45 Frame kit. As well as the Fin and Rudder kit and the Radio Tray kit! However, I may otherwise build an RC hydroplane. Thinking of the Slo-Mo-Shun V (U-37). If you'...
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: November 2013
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 29 November, 2013. This morning I cut out the sides and glued them on. I first clamped the 3mm Mahogany Luan sheets up to the side of the hull and traced around the edges. Then trimmed them on the bandsaw. Sanded the bow ends at an angle. Then glued them on using epoxy. I'm using WEST System 105/205. Much heavier. right? 4 The minimum weight for the Star ...
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: Introducing the Salish 475 RC Sailboat
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 10 May, 2015. Introducing the Salish 475 RC Sailboat. Yes, it's the same boat, but with a new name all its own. the Salish 475 RC Sailboat. Perhaps it should be formally known as the Coast Salish 475. In homage to the First Nations Coast Salish peoples. A number of ideas were floated on the RC Groups discussion. By the way. it's pronounced "Say lish".
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: Sailing pictures
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 16 May, 2015. Went out to the Seattle Model Boat Pond near Lake Union today to sail the Salish 475 radio controlled sailboat. Not much wind and pretty dark clouds, but whatever. it's May in Seattle. :-P. That's it then. I'm building another Pygmy kayak! Please feel free to leave comments regarding building a Star 45. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: Star 45 Links
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. Links to some useful Star 45 Class Sailboat websites:. American Model Yachting Association. Also see their Star 45 Class. Page and their Gallery. Star 45 Class Rules PDF. This is the latest version I can find. If you know of an updated version please let me know. Star 45 Yahoo Group. Ken must clearly be the best Star 45 builder out there! Suppliers of man...
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog: Star 475 Rigging Installed
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Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog. Ruminations, observations and experimentations on how to build Star 45 and Salish 475 class radio controlled sailboats. 29 April, 2015. Star 475 Rigging Installed. The standing and running rigging is now installed! We can now see what the boat will finally look like. However there are some adjustments that need to be made before the maiden sail (hopefully this weekend). However, I did take some pictures of the boat outside as-is and it looks pretty good!
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Building Wooden RC Scale Hydroplanes: October 2015
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Building Wooden RC Scale Hydroplanes. Occasional ruminations, observations and experimentations of building wooden radio control hydroplanes. Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Welcome to my scale hydroplace build blog! Welcome to my blog for building a 1/8 scale radio controlled hydroplane! I've got the plans and for two boats; the 1952 Slo-Mo-Shun V. And the 1957 Miss Wahoo. U-77 However I only have the laser cut frames so far for the Miss Wahoo so that's the boat I'll begin with. So far I have:. First, so it m...
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Custom Pygmy Kayak Build Blog: Refinishing Coho Hi
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Custom Pygmy Kayak Build Blog. Advanced ideas for building Pygmy kayaks WITHOUT stitching and gluing and making hundreds of holes in your hull. Loads of other custom ideas too! While this blog will at first follow the build of a Pygmy Borealis XL kayak, most of the steps will work for most other custom built Pygmy kayaks as well. Good luck with your Pygmy kayak build! 14 August, 2015. This is a picture of the deck after the first coat of varnish was applied. See steps below. 4 Repeat small patches workin...