22 skippers with guests from RUS, SWE, and NED, in addition to FIN skippers came to this two-day event in Espoo. For me it was a non-event since I don’t own the smaller MicroMagic rigs that were required during the first day with steady 7-8m/s and up to 11-12m/s of wind in the gusts. At [...]
12 boats completed 6 races before lunch in light and shifting conditions. After lunch there was no more sailing because of heavy lightning, thunder, and lots of rain. The ball-raced gooseneck with ballbearings around the mast looks nice. Riku had a new boat with aluminium mounts for the sheet and rudder servos instead of the [...]
If you ask me there is a lot more Sailing in 20 minutes at the MicroMagic pool than in the rich boys pissing contest they call AC33.
With a boat that had been assembled only three days before the event I sailed in the Finnish MicroMagic nationals that were held over the weekend in Tampere. 14 skippers is ok-ish, but with 70 registered boats I had hoped for an even bigger fleet. Results here: http://fin.micromagic.info/index_files/SM_2009.htm
I got my MicroMagic assembled and sailing three days before the big race which is in Tampere on the weekend.
There is a new generation of low self-discharge NiMH batteries out there, GP calls them Recyko and the Sanyos are called Eneloop. I put together two 4-cell packs for use in the MicroMagic. These have a nominal capacity of 2050 mAh – I will post later some results of discharge tests. Weight seems to be [...]
This is now my third 2.4 GHz radio after first having used a special module on the Futaba 3VCS, and then a Spektrum DX6 with the Noux (now sold). It’s the cheapest model, a DX5E, which will be used with my newest boat (soon to be featured on this site…). It seems the Spektrum engineers [...]
Phanchita Supasirithanawat (www.rcsails.com) from Bangkok Thailand sent me these pictures of a down-scaled Noux design built to the RG65 rules. It’s called a Noux65. There is a video here http://www.rcsails.com/noux65.htm
The third ranking race of the year gathered 8 boats just outside Carusel in central Helsinki.
I remember a quote from MMI some years back on the IOM “there’s nothing wrong with it another metre wouldn’t put right!”. Well the days of the A-boat and 10-Raters are pretty much gone in most countries, and now there are a number of sub-1-metre boats or kits becoming popular. Some are popular in great [...]