footy model yacht

Footy (model yacht) A footy sailboat. The Footy is a very small (usually) radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold, 3D printed or simply with thin sheets of plywood or even depron fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder.

See the Footy types & our extensive "How to" pages. The Footy class is a development class which means that anything not strictly prohibited by the rules is allowed, it has a growing following in the UK and is now an affiliated class of the Model Yachting Association of Great Britain. To keep competition keen, the Footy designers have proposed a set of rules to keep all the boats similar to a ...

To keep competition keen, the Footy designers have proposed a set of rules to keep all the boats similar to a certain degree. Visit the Rules page for details. There is an active and growing community of Footy sailors in New Zealand, the U.K., Germany and the USA. In the USA it is now an official AMYA class. Read the IFCA Charter here.

This is a set of plans and a couple pics for my Cobra (the prototype for my entry in the Liverpool Challenge in July, 2008.) It's a bit more complex than Razor, but a better performer, too. The plans are to be printed on 8-1/2 by 14 inch paper. The boat is 300 mm long when built to the plan.

the 507. Built to fit within the international "footy" class rule for yachts 305mm long, the 507 is also suited as a strict one-design class. Designed to be easily and accurately assembled the 507 footy has a plug together hull and deck. The deck has molded areas to cut out so you can select to use standard or micro servos, it also ...

DESIGN RULES The Footy is the latest and smallest (just 12 inches) model sailboat class to be sanctioned by the American Model Yachting Association (AMYA). It's a developmental class with a modest set of design rules: what isn't prohibited by these rules is "legal." And unique to the Footy is the requirement that the hull…

FOOTY class was created a few years ago in New Zealand, but now rapidly expanding around the world.Opalek is its main representative in Poland and the Czech Republic. The third International Championships in the class were held in Wroclaw (who is also the Polish capital of the smallest in the world-class racing yachts) in 2010.

Class: Footy. The smallest class of all. Class Type: Box Rule Designs Listed: 58 Class Website: IFCA. 1299. Footy Peter Henderson 507. ... Footy Victor Model (USA) Design Class Designer Released Length Beam Draught Displacement Sail Area Other; 1299: Footy: Peter Henderson: 2014: LOA: LWL:

RadioSailingShop 507 Footy Class Kit Made in Australia [507 Footy] - The Footy class are a worldwide class designed to be 1 foot long overall. Designed to take standard 2 channel radio controls the 507 assembles into a easy to transport and well behaved little boat. Choose to paint the white hull or add grahics and you have a really special little boat.

the Easy3 was inspired by Phil Tylers, depron Box boat after these designers had seen it at the Footy Gold Cup 2012 in Sestriere, built in depron a material which is a well known among young model airplane builders, it lends itself to small boats as long as there is a good structural design as a starting point, it is waterproof and requires no ...

Footy Class. Estimated reading time: 1 min. Status of Class: Affiliated. These great, fun to sail, light and incredibly manoeuvrable boats are ideal for those wishing to explore yacht design at a limited cost or just starting out and want to try their hand at building. Their small size allows you to radio sail almost anywhere.

Rusty Nail. Simplest possible radio controlled model sailing yacht suitable for entry level builders and sailors and conforms to the international Footy Class. Quick and easy to build from a bottle and household materials and tools and controlled with any radio gear. Sails well in all conditions, low weight, high ballast ratio, unsinkable.

The Footy Class is new territory. It was conceived as a builder's class. Small boats governed by simple rules that would encourage newcomers and old hands, young and the young at heart, male and female to get involved with building model yachts.

spectre marine in australia produce and provide innovative and fun remote control model pond yachts to get people enjoying the sailing lifestyle! about. the 650 (RG-65) the 507 (footy) the Classics. 65cm long and three deck options. One piece deck with molded in servo mount areas. See yahoo groups "650sailing" ! 30cm long with servo mounts ...

While waiting for your hand to heal, you may wish to check out the simple rules for Footy class building and sailing on the Model Yachting Association website. These are very simple and show how easy it is to design and then build your own little racing yacht. Hope you have a great season sailing the Diva, Footy and Wee Nip before too long.

Rusty. BOTTLE! - Entry Level Yacht for the Footy Class. It's time we had a build thread for an entry level yacht that the youngsters can make and sail successfully, and costs within their pocket money. If the yachting pastime, and kids, are to prosper, we need to learn to make and fiddle with things. It was a New Zealand birth right, the right ...

Although originally based in England, is fortunate to have had plenty of opportunities to sail in many other parts of the word. Since moving to Switzerland in 2002, discovered radio controlled model yachting. Most recently the Footy has appealed as an economical, easily transportable and great design, build and sail 'development' class.

The first official prototype 3D printed RacingSparrow. John Goodyear with his RacingSparrow 750, United Kingdom. Nov 27, 2010. Eric Rosenbaum, USA. Feb 2, 2009. 7 designs absolutely free to download. Here is a selection of plans and resources. Everything from a 375mm boat right up to a 1500mm fast yacht.

Plans for the '1299' Footy. First published in actuell. by Conrad Electronic modelling & model railroad Club. Footy Class with 2.4GHz, by Thomas Grimm. 8.4 M PDF, in German, with many pictures. Model Yachting No. 152; Footy Design Trends, by Niel Goodrich; German model yacht club Modellbau Rodenkirchen "BASIC" Dinghy Swing Rig plans

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Footy Design Basics. The idea here is to give the first time builder some idea of what the current thinking is within the Footy Community for sailboat design. The rules stipulate the hull and ancillaries must fit within a box 12" long x 6" wide x 12" deep (305 x152 x 305mm) there are a couple of slots in the box fore & aft which were included ...

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The 3mm yard spars are simply joined with 2mm bent wire and held against the upward pressure of the sails by a small PTFE block bonded to the mast. The camber in the mainsail is fully adjustable at both top and the bottom in the normal model yachting tradition with a loose foot fixed to a boom or yard spar at the clew.