A Moebius Skipjack from the land of OZ...

[Jocurran]

Alad I have sent you a PM from Western Australia regarding the Skipjack

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks Mark.

I took my boats down to Gosford a couple of weeks back since then I have been editing all the video and pictures to put on a disc. This is a shortened clip of my Skipjack I redid for YouTube. I hope you enjoy it.

Stunningly good work -- on the model and the video. Thanks.

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks Mark.

I took my boats down to Gosford a couple of weeks back since then I have been editing all the video and pictures to put on a disc. This is a shortened clip of my Skipjack I redid for YouTube. I hope you enjoy it.

Stunningly good work -- on the model and the video. Thanks.

M

[alad61]

Cheers Tom. The regatta for me was a blast!! I really felt like a pre teen kid with a new toy as I sailed my boats well below periscope:biggrin: depth and in clear water!!

My Skipjack, aka SSN-591 USS Shark has been out on a few adventures this year along with my akula so I put together a little video compilation of assorted footage from the smart phone and video camera to get this... :pop

[trout]

Alec,
Great job there! Thank you for the video and as Mark said blazing the trail for us to follow! Cheers!
Peace,
Tom

[alad61]

Thanks Mark.

I took my boats down to Gosford a couple of weeks back since then I have been editing all the video and pictures to put on a disc. This is a shortened clip of my Skipjack I redid for YouTube. I hope you enjoy it.

[greenman407]

Alec, great job on your ride there! Youve blazed a trail for us to follow, Thanks for sharing. You can keep updating this thread with updated adventures of "THE SKIP FROM DOWN UNDER!!!"

[HardRock]

Thanks. Its a wonderful shape - almost as pretty as an Alpha! And thanks to some very useful advice on trimming it now sits in the water properly and goes like a rocket.

[alad61]

HardRock, your Skipjack looks great!

Agreed you've got some nice weathering there.

[trout]

HardRock, your Skipjack looks great!

[HardRock]

Hey John,

I came across this entry earlier today (Sunday here) and suddenly it made the whole trim thing understandable. So I spent the rest of today - simply - trimming the boat. I've decided that I need a bigger bath tub incidentally. It now sits happily with the top of the sail just underwater (in fresh water) and just out in the swimming pool. Also found that I kept loosing the sail planes linkage so I made a small modification to more easily locate the control rod.

Thanks for the information. Its made a great deal of difference!

[alad61]

40% might be something to try. What I found with to much speed on the surface was all the water flowing over the bow and forward top hull tended to push or nose down a bit and if you weren't paying attention whoosh she was under heading for the mud.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You're a bolder driver than me, Alec. I have ahead at 40% and astern at 75%. I'm with you: better to get out of trouble faster than you get into it.

M

[alad61]

Thanks David. And scoot it does!! I have the forward epa set to 60 otherwise it goes way too fast for the adf to do its job. I left the reverse higher as I often share water with yaughties and they have a nasty habit of changing tack and those long weighted keels don't flex much.

Onething I am finding is that air is still seems to get trapped aft of the sd. Sadly I added some out of scale vent holes to the rear as well as filing a groove out of the top rib/brace before the rudder. My next outing will confirm my fix...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Best weathering job on this beast yet. Well done, sir!

I bet you had to dial down your throttle end-points a bit? This thing will scoot!

M