That seems extremely heavy. Is it a fiberglass hull or wood? Is it racing
or
scale (tugboat, etc)? For a mono hull or catamaran racing boat I always
start with the CG at approx. 30-33% of the length of the hull from the
stern. On a hydro, I try to balance just at the rear edge of the sponsons.
"stobby256" <stobby256.3dbka1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hi All,
> Im almost new to fast RC boats, but I'm exprenced in constructional
> techniques as I've built RC aircraft in the past.
>
> My questions are...
>
> I have a fibreglass hull, around 820mm long and intend to build
> something into it.. as I say I'm capable but quetions remain!
>
> 1) It weighs around 1.5kg without any running gear, battery or radio or
> decking fitted, so my all up weight icuding a 12V pack, servo, ESC, 2 x
> motors.. is going over 3kg. Is that now too heavy?
>
> 2) I can build one from scratch from some plans downloaded from here,
> but whats the fini****ng technique, build from Balsa/ply etc then glass
> fibre the hull?
>
> 3) Where should the centre of gravity be?
>
> Any input much appreciated!
>
> Stobby
>
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