Speed
How fast do our models go, really?
Chuck Lage
The 1955 US A Class Championship Boat Magic
n 1955, after 10 years of studying the conditions at the Fleetwood site in England, the late Frank Stout of San Mateo CA designed and built an A Class boat named Magic, optimized for the heavy air typical at Fleetwood.
Tesla and the First Remote-controlled Boat
Born in 1856, Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and engineer. He is best known for his contribution to the design of an alternating current electrical supply system.
The effects of being overweight
Boat weight is a frequent discussion topic among modelers, and it can be a source of lament, excuses, and bragging rights depending on your racing success that day.
Setting Up Swing-Arm Sail Controls
Everyone who has built an R/C boat has faced the problem of how
to get the sails to trim over their entire wind angle range without stalling the servo at either extreme of its travel
Scale Model Fittings: AJ Fisher – No. 71, 2020
Vanes and the Sliding Rig
This material is a bit heavy going, but rewarding if you want to learn just how sophisticated self-steering boats were in the days immediately before Radio Control.
Taking the Lines off of Scat II, a Previously Unknown Design by John Black
When Dave brought the existence of this boat to my attention in a series of emails I knew that she was so important that her lines had to be in the historical record.
Sea-Going Model Yachts (1906)
Model yachting, like all other sports and pastimes, has been infused with the spirit of the age.