I sailed this weekend. (respectable results.) Winds 8-10. Six heats for a total sailing time of about an hour. Battery drain about 300 ma, or an average drain...
Wondering whether anyone has a good way of marking the water line on the hull for painting purposes. Also curious if anyone has a rough idea of what primer and...
... What instrument do you use to measure battery drain? Perhaps you could send me the url of the web page where such a tool can be found? Thank you, Bill...
float the boat ready to sail in a tub of water. then sprinkle talcum powder or even pepper around the hull when you lift the boat out enough of the the...
Fill a bathtub with water (up to 10"), sprinkle baby powder on the calm water, carefully set the boat in the water for a minute, lift it and the water line...
I use my cycler. I charge the pack before sailing. I then recharge the pack after sailing and the charger part of the cycler measures the power required to...
On model yachts are the battens applied at 90 degrees to the leech OR at 90 degrees to the mast? It appears, in the sail-control diagrams on the AMYA Soling 1M...
Please keep in mind that these methods will give you the "as built" water line and not necessarily the designer's water line. Ideally the boat should be at a...
You could also set the stern water line at the lowest poinbt on the transom. Measure the bow location. Mine is 149mm from the bottom of the deck flange , along...
Hi folks I was wondering about putting a fuse in the wires to my sail winchg, to try to protect it from burning out if it overloads. Is this a reasonable thing...
I have had my Soling for five years and it has been sailed extensively and I am not involved in a racing group. I have done some maintenance work on the hull...
I would only use a wood mast- because that is all that is Class- legal, racing or not. Also- it should be a LOT less expensive than any of the alternatives...
Actually, pine is about 10% lighter than Sitka Spruce. But- more important is that Sitka Spruce is about 7% stiffer than white pine (desirable when you have...
... ========================== About 18 months ago several of us in my Club bought Spruce strips for masts from Aircraft Spruce. If you can get several...
Thanks to all for the comments. Will let you know how it goes. I have started on a great 70 year old piece of pine I came across and it looks like it will do...
Hello I am new to Soling and I am having some trouble getting full motion out of my sail servo. I have set my boat with an the Futaba s3801 servo off set to...
100% servo travel is normally 90 degrees. !50% will be 120 degrees. See http://www.servocity.com/html/180o_servo_stretcher.html. Hope this helps. Fred ... ...
... (snip) ... =================================================== On the DX6 transmitter, in addition to the Travel Adjust menu, there is also a Sub Trim...
The specs on the S- 3801 is for arm travel of "125 degrees -under optimum conditions". You should not need more travel than 125 degrees . Most sail arms ...
After checking about a half dozen sites including the Futaba site, I could find no specification that said the S3801 is capable of 180 degree rotation.The...
It seem your right Ralph the S3801 does not have the capacity to travel 180 degrees. These are the specs. I found: Detailed Specifications On S3801 Control...
I THOUGHT that the DX6 gave you enough travel. However, if you have maxed out that avenue, you can try a Servo Stretcher. This is an electronic device from...
This is a new club, formed last fall. We sail in Eastern Lake County, OH, East of Cleveland, and sail Soling 1 Meters exclusively. We get 6-8 skippers every...
The 3801 should work OK with 120 deg of rotation. I've got a Hitec 815 in my boat. It has 140 deg of rotation and I had to dial it back a bit. I would...
I have no problem getting full sail control out of my 3801. I center the servo's post, then attach a full-width servo arm...almost touching inside the hull...
Has ANYONE been able to complete a registration in the last six months? I originally submitted my request and payment on Dec. 1, 2007. I got no response at...
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