Fairwind - Home and 7 Acre Pond

[simages]

After a while this will turn into a Fairwind build or a Nirvana reconditioning........ I'm looking forward to adding RC sailing to my hobby room, but it will be 10-12 months before the new hobby room is done..... :rolleyes:

However; the 7 acre community park and pond are finished. Going to be very nice to have the water just a few hundred yards away! :)

[Schrott]

gee, man, 7 acres of water, sweet. Real nice that they built the pond first, very considerate.

Enjoy

[RobertV]

Where in the valley are you ? I am always looking for new partners for the crime ( according to the Mrs. ) of sailing/racing ? Also, I teach snowboarding up at Hunter.

[Aerominded]

That place looks terrible- :p ;)

[Schrott]

aerominded,
digusting, that lot looks like a dump, good for rock pounding, but the pond and the dock, sweet

[simages]

Where in the valley are you ? I am always looking for new partners for the crime ( according to the Mrs. ) of sailing/racing ? Also, I teach snowboarding up at Hunter.Currently in the village of Cold Spring and the community being built is "Glassbury Court of Cold Spring" located on RT 9 just south of Hwy 84. I don't snowboard however; often downhill at West Point and crosscountry or snowshoe at Fahnestock.

[simages]

aerominded, digusting, that lot looks like a dump, good for rock pounding, but the pond and the dock, sweetYep..... they're going to have to be very good to pound that rock into a small yet workable hobby room......:rolleyes:

[Schrott]

you are one lucky dude, dude

[simages]

you are one lucky dude, dudeAnd I try not to forget to remind myself each and every day...... ;)

[thorsail]

Hey Simages
when I saw that pic of the pond and the nice dock that first thing I
thought of was the line from "Jaws".....

WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT !

have fun out there .
Allan

[simages]

Hey Simages
when I saw that pic of the pond and the nice dock that first thing I
thought of was the line from "Jaws".....
WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT !
have fun out there .
AllanCould be..... Deep Too!! :eek:

[Aerominded]

you are one lucky dude, dude

I'll say! Looks like that will make a fine hobby room... and just feet from the lake too... doesn't get much better than that! :)

[DT56]

RC iceboats in the winter too!: :)

[simages]

RC iceboats in the winter too!: :)RC Sailing is definately new to me as I didn't even think of that!!!! :eek:

[simages]

Have to wait until Christmas break to start on the sail boats. Too busy at work and the culdesac is moving along, but might have to store the hobby stuff sooner then expected....... :eek:

[simages]

Before I order new anyone have any Sailboat Electronics? Interested in something like;

S5801 Sail Winch Servo(s) and S3801 Servo Sail Control and/or S3802

or

Hitec HS785HB Sail Winch Servo(s) and/or HS765HB or HS815BB

New to Marine electronics...... so, suggestions are very welcome, especially if you have a setup available. :)

PM me to let me know........ Thanks

[Schrott]

Hi Simages,
I use airtronics 94162Z High Torque Metal Gear, works good with my boats, I use a 6V setup.
They are very reasonable.

[larrykin]

Simages,

You live in the States where I've noticed your RC stuff is really cheap. At those prices are you looking at buying second hand electronics? If so; why? I've just spent days finding a good price on a HiTec HS-815BB Sail Arm Servo. I saw in the US they sell for about $40 :confused:. Over here the price is about double.

Did a quick scan and didn't see what boat you want eletronics for. Anyhow - the best sailwinch is made by RMG. And I say the Hitec servos are great. It's all I use (apart from RMG in big boat). For 1m boats with 'B' rigs I use a Hitec HS-645MG (no good in a stong wind). The HS-765HB Sail Arm is pretty good too (but bigger). The HS-815BB has about 23kg torque at 6V. This is heaps! For a 1m boat I'd go with the HS-765HB.

Have you seen this site? Lists every servo known to man and some......

http://www.servodatabase.com/servos/all

Larry L.

[simages]

Larry - thanks for the feedback and link to the servo dbase, I've linked to it before, but really helps to get feedback with experience.... Just starting out with a Nirvana original and a Fairwind 900 build.

As for the electronics "classifieds". I usually put out feelers, but mostly only buy if new and generally do very well in this forum. I'm often lucky and get folks that have other stuff as well. Can't hurt to ask and put it out there.....

Simages,
You live in the States where I've noticed your RC stuff is really cheap. At those prices are you looking at buying second hand electronics? If so; why? I've just spent days finding a good price on a HiTec HS-815BB Sail Arm Servo. I saw in the US they sell for about $40 :confused:. Over here the price is about double.

Did a quick scan and didn't see what boat you want eletronics for. Anyhow - the best sailwinch is made by RMG. And I say the Hitec servos are great. It's all I use (apart from RMG in big boat). For 1m boats with 'B' rigs I use a Hitec HS-645MG (no good in a stong wind). The HS-765HB Sail Arm is pretty good too (but bigger). The HS-815BB has about 23kg torque at 6V. This is heaps! For a 1m boat I'd go with the HS-765HB.

Have you seen this site? Lists every servo known to man and some......

http://www.servodatabase.com/servos/all

Larry L.

[simages]

Picked up 2 NIB Futaba S125 servos..... oldies but goodies....

[simages]

During my quest for better servo prices and "in stock items" I came across TomRC.com (http://shop.tomsrc.com/index.php) CA USA. I was pleasently surprised to find "discounted pricing and $2.95 for 2lbs USA shipping.

Hitec HS-785HB Sail Winch Servo - $41.79
Hitec HS-765HB Sail Arm Control Servo - $32.86

[larrykin]

Small world,

I just bought the same thing here in Australia. HS-765HB $AU47.50 and HS-785HB $AU47.50 Cheapest I could find in Oz. One Sail Arm servo and one Drum Winch.
Do you have any details on mounting the Hitec drum winch "thru-the-deck"? I'm going to use it on an IOM with a skiff back.

Larry L,

[simages]

I would have started the build earlier, but planned to go skiing and snowshoe a bit, but we didn't anticipate this kind of weather in the valley? :confused: Who knew???
Have some basic starter electronics for the Fairwind build and Nirvana resurrection, HiTec servos overkill??? Well not class authorized..... :rolleyes:

[Islander51]

Big is Beautiful for sail servos.
I like the HS815BB too! :D

[simages]

Do you have any details on mounting the Hitec drum winch "thru-the-deck"? I'm going to use it on an IOM with a skiff back. Larry L,Sorry for the delay, but I don't have any details yet. In my case most are suggesting to "NOT use" the the servo mounting system included with the kit! Being new to all of this I'm still compiling my build steps.

[larrykin]

Big is Beautiful for sail servos.
I like the HS815BB too! :D

The HS-815BB Sail Arm Servo is rated at 24.7 kg/cm torque @ 6V. In a 1m boat this is enough power to rip out pulley blocks if the rigging fouls. It's happened to me :o.
I've just fitted one of these servos to an IOM. With 140 degree rotation the sail arm is far too long for a 1m boat. Too much travel. Took some work to reduce length of boom sheeting by shortening arm length and moving boom/sheet attachment points. Next boat I'm fitting a drum winch; which is cheaper for a Hitec. Everyone else uses RMGs in IOMs.

[seefest]

During my quest for better servo prices and "in stock items" I came across TomRC.com (http://shop.tomsrc.com/index.php) CA USA. I was pleasently surprised to find "discounted pricing and $2.95 for 2lbs USA shipping.

Hitec HS-785HB Sail Winch Servo - $41.79
Hitec HS-765HB Sail Arm Control Servo - $32.86


That's a great price for the 765. Servo City has some good prices as well.

http://www.servocity.com/html/hitec_servos.html

[simages]

That's a great price for the 765. Servo City has some good prices as well.
http://www.servocity.com/html/hitec_servos.htmlYep ServoCity is the first place I alsway check when buying servos.... for those that use ebay, I did run across this merchant selling HS-765HB for $29.95 (http://cgi.ebay.com/HITEC-HS-765HB-Sail-Control-Servo-NEW_W0QQitemZ250553033343QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_ Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3a561fe27f) free shipping. :rolleyes:

[simages]

Going to start the Fairwind 900 this weekend and decided to purchase another, simplifying our learning curve as well as the build.

Best I've found so far is a "new" Fairwind 900 kit for $175 shipped.Well, turns out they do not have the Fairwind II in stock, glad I checked.

[Aerominded]

...another, simplifying our learning curve as well as the build.

And it will be so much more fun to race each other too! :)

[martin richards]

Going to start the Fairwind 900 this weekend and decided to purchase another, simplifying our learning curve as well as the build.

Best I've found so far is a "new" Fairwind 900 kit for $175 shipped.
Be careful. The Fairwind III has been out about a year and is quite a bit different from its predecessor, notably a new GRP hull instead of ABS. It's caused a bit of head-scratching on the Yahoo user group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairwind900/

[simages]

And it will be so much more fun to race each other too! :)That too..... :rolleyes:

Be careful. The Fairwind III has been out about a year and is quite a bit different from its predecessor, notably a new GRP hull instead of ABS. It's caused a bit of head-scratching on the Yahoo user group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairwind900/I'm going to build and run the "original" Fairwind 900 and seems to be enough information and success to have some fun.

[simages]

Change 3, to further simplfy our learning curve, we decided to both get Pro Boat Endeavors as starter sailboats. It wasn't as easy to find a second Fairwind II so, I'll keep the 900 kit for my first build. Besides; my LHS is a Horizon Hobby retailer and would prefer to buy them local..... ;)

What would you do if your wife said; "Oh, I like having a motor, I want that one, but can we paint it Blue?" :)

[larrykin]

What would you do if your wife said; "Oh, I like having a motor, I want that one, but can we paint it Blue?" :)

I'd buy her a new sewing machine. Or tell her to knit herself a boat. Buying her a plough might work. But then I'm divorced.

Larry

[simages]

I'd buy her a new sewing machine. Or tell her to knit herself a boat. Buying her a plough might work. But then I'm divorced. LarryNot a chance...... Did I ever mention that she bought my first heli and now have 7........ :)

I'm going to paint hers blue, mine maybe red/yellow and learn to sail....... while I build the Fairwind. :rolleyes: Oh and the pressure is off while we learn because we have 380 motors to get us back "if" needed. :o

Started a separate thread HERE (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1177949)

[simages]

Turns into a home build..... the new place is on schedule so, it looks like 6-8 months until move in so, this little place must get staged for sale. That means the big projects have to go to storage and must de-personalize the living space! No Swifts - ECO or flatouts allowed... :eek:

[simages]

Not able to build much RC having to store my stuff however; the house is on schedule! :D

[Schrott]

ZZZZZZZZZ, turned over trash can, what will your neighbors think of you. :D

looks great

[Rusty Nail]

Never mind the building - look at that wave cloud!
Go gliding beyond so high you will need oxygen...

[simages]

Now everything is in storage, but the RC stuff is close to the door! Still a home build until August. I gained 2 more feet in my hobby room now 12'x11.

[Aerominded]

I may have comented on your floorplan before... but it is a really nice layout! :)

[simages]

Starting to become reality now....... At 53 it's the final home! Being a Geothermal and "maintenance free" more time for RC and Golf! ;)

Cleaned up the floor plan a bit with the wall changes, NO carpet and wood flooring throughout. Intire floor plan includes radiate floor heating including the garage, nice bonus. :)

The pond is still iced and can't wait for the total thaw.