Is my Ferry drunk????? - Page 2

**Bluewavestudios** · 26-01-2005

Your Ferry may not be drunk but I have been on that one a few times sailing from Holyhead....was it the boat not sailing straight or was it me after a few beers...??? Hard to tell as it gets quite rough on that Irish Sea sometimes.

Those were the days of the booze cruise on the Ferry from Holyhead, Hit Dun Laoghiare for a few real pints of Guinness and the sail back home getting even more drunk and duty free's too !!!

The HSS is quicker now so not so much drinking time on board but at least you can make it into Dublin when you get there.....Loads of Bars around Temple Bar area.......Many Happy days spent there....and very drunken ones too

Regards.........Mark

magpie · 18-04-2006

You're right there Scottie. I've found the need for much over scale rudders on all my builds. The dynamics of models are obviously quite different to that of full sized boats. (Don't ask me y. Too tekicle for mi) I recently designed a motor sailor and it sailed well except for terrible steering down wind a bit like your ferry. It went it's own way either side and was hard to get back. The rudder was based (like the boat) on a popular full sizer and I doubled the area and added a bit more ballance to help the servo. It sails beautifully now. I realise this is a bit after the horse bolted, but I thought I'd add it anyway.
Jason

new to trains · 18-04-2006

i had a similar problem on an 1 to 12th scale aerokits lifeboat, after lots of messing and trials, i actually ended up with both motors running in the same direction, i replaced the ' handed' props with two props that were exactly the same ( these were also 2 bladed sports type props not scale items) i got better thrust with these than the scale 3 bladed handed versions, the boat was far more stable and better under control, the on load motor current draw was halved instantly and the turning circle was much improved- the boat would also stop far quicker in an emergency and i never had to replace rudders but had to set slight rudder trim to counteract the torque effect of both motors running in the same direction, but my ' drunken boat' problem was gone as a result !