Found My Winter Project => RC TriFoilr

[Meniscus]

Ever get tired of those days too windy at the pond to enjoy your FE boats? I found my Winter project that will be scaled down for RC. I'm thinking a 3 channel radio: one for trimming, one for steering, and one for hydrofoil adjustments:

http://www.hobiecat.com/sailing/models_trifoiler.html

Be sure to check out the video at the bottom of the link :cool:

What do you think? :tongue_smilie:

http://www.hobiecat.com/sailing/images/trifoiler/gallery_13_lr.jpg

[Diegoboy]

Pretty cool...
But I thought this
http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/attachments/future-yachts-concept-boats/26322-concept-cat-viztech-h2o-r8-xr8810.jpg?d=1222256999 (http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/future-yachts-concept-boats/10004-concept-cat-viztech-h2o-r8.html)
http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/attachments/future-yachts-concept-boats/26321-concept-cat-viztech-h2o-r8-xr8809.jpg?d=1222256925 (http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/future-yachts-concept-boats/10004-concept-cat-viztech-h2o-r8.html)
was going to be your winter project?

Picture is a link!!

[egneg]

I am still waiting to see the rigger.

:popcorn2:

[Meniscus]

Yeah, I've come to the resolve that I don't have the skill or patience to pull of that cat. I think it would end up looking like claymation, LMAO!

Egneg, I haven't had the most success with the rigger. After repeated tries to skin the tub, it just doesn't draw into the material evenly and the scraps are too small to use just one piece for the entire length. I thought about it and have been fairly discouraged. :unsure: I haven't shared as much because out of all honesty, I'm embarrassed and have been trying to get something respectable out of the project.

Finally, after realizing again that I have some carbon fiber around (already pressed), that I may fashion a tub out of that. It has some curvature to it and is slightly thick so I don't know how it will turn out. Even just this afternoon, I asked a friend if about helping me with his vacuum former. It may be that that will be the end result.

Again, I don't have a workspace or even a house like others. I do what I can out on the porch of the apartment while I'm sweating like a pig.

After feeling fairly depressed about the whole project and days upon days of forming tubs out of foam only to have them screwed up, I'm really unmotivated to continue trying using the same method.

:sad: My spirit is broken :sad:

With regards to the trifoiler project, I figured I could shape some foam, fashion some booms and a rudder, and cut up some small plane wings for the hydrofoils. The sails will be walmart bags! :just-kidding: If it works well, then I may get some decent speed. Otherwise, it will end up gliding across the water with the hydrofoils removed. That doesn't sound too bad to me.

I just really want to be able to run on the water and right now, I'm not enjoying the failure or the weather conditions screwing with my Chi. I just want to have fun and I'm not while I'm working in difficult conditions without the right tools. :blah: I'm not afraid to admit that I don't have the experience, never claimed to, and many times, I need :help:

I'm here to have fun!

[Simon.O.]

PM coming to you Ben !