PDRacer Sailboat - Remote Control PDRacer

Remote Control PDRacer
by Rick Moynahan

I'm in the process of building a remote control Pdracer. The pictures I attached are of a 12" long Footy Class r/c Pdracer. I went with a keel box because I wasn't sure how leeboards would work at this scale.

I have been building a PDracer remote control sailboat. I wanted to build this prior to building one full scale. I now have the rudder controls installed and today I set in a rotating mast sail system in the boat and took it to the pond. The boat is 12" long and it has the legal dimensions to race in the Footy R/C class for AMYA remote control sailboats.

I took a couple of short 10second videos and posted them on YouTube, Shorty Pen made me do it.

Here it is under it's own power sailing along the bank [click here]
The other boat at the start of the video is a 36" long Fairwind 900 it hadn't caught the wind yet but it was something that gave scale to the boat.

Another short video of it turning and going into the shadows [click here]
Tow test is using an Atlantic Tugboat by Aquacraft. I had the mast down for this run, I just wanted to see the bow wave and how it reacted to more speed.
[click here]

I was happier today with the sails not over powering the rudder. I used a keel box in the center of the boat when I build full scale I think I will go with a leeboard to give more room for me.

I posted a clearer picture of the Tug and PDracer in the photo section.

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