![]() ![]() Make sure you’re familiar some some basic knots, at a minimum: Before handling the sails, cut your fingernails as it’s easy to dent them. Also, look carefully at how to tie the black bowsies correctly, there is a right way and a wrong way, fortunately the instructions are pretty clear. Get used to this, you’ll be doing it a lot. Alternatives to super glue would be nail varnish and others have suggested a Berkley Hot Line Cutter. The idea here is to dab a drop of glue onto the thread, wait for it to dry and cut on that spot. The super glue is essential to prevent the dyneema thread fraying when you cut it, an alternative would be nail varnish. I found myself using the forceps to tie small knots. Toolsįirst off, in addition to a tape measure, make sure you have super glue, a sharp craft knife and ideally two pairs of forceps. The post has since expanded into guide covering tuning, electrics, rigs, solving problems and sailing tips. Having set it up and working, I realised there were a few things I wish I’d known before embarking on building it which prompted this post. I hadn’t had RC models of any kind till now. I regularly sail a full sized boat and having made plenty of boats and gliders as a kid was especially curious about sailing an RC scaled down version. ![]() In June 2017 I finally bought myself a radio controlling sailing boat having wanted one for longer than I can remember, I went for a Joysway Dragonforce 65 V.6 (DF65) an inexpensive RC sailboat. ![]()
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