We probably all know it’s useful to have access to tweezers when you’re maintaining the boat. I am the happy owner of two pairs, cranked ends about 15cms long.
Then at the Rankings I saw these… I hope the original application was not medical. They’re huge!
My recently arrived K2 came with a complete Futaba T6K transmitter setup. It’s the second one I’ve tried. The loan boat I borrowed had the same thing. I’m getting to love it.
At the weekend, we had some chatter at the lake-side with other owners saying they could usefully be more robust. There have been slider switches coming off, water getting in, and so on. Admittedly it does feel a tad ‘plastic’.
VS suggested we all take a look at the T6 model 10J. He says it’s a whole lot stronger, uses the same receivers, and is frankly roughly the same price…. well, there’s not much in it. It’s the difference between ‘quite a bit’ and ‘a lot’.
This is the first link I found when I googled it.
https://sloughrc.com/futaba-10j-10ch-combo-2-4ghz-ts-fhss-mode2-r3008sb.html
This is a pretty good description on the Ripmax website
http://www.ripmax.com/Item.aspx?ItemID=P-CB10J/L&Category=025-060
This is what they show on the Futaba USA website, and it does look a lot more metal over there
If you have any experience of a 10J for radio sailing please leave us a comment on this post.
I’ll try and write something up, just as soon as I’ve seen one for real.
It wouldn’t be so uncommon that the shaft of your Radio Sailing rudder gets bent for some reason.
What do you do about it?
Quite obviously you’d be inclined to grab the fin on one hand, and straighten it with the other. STOP !!
We had this at Datchet at the weekend. The problem is that the walls of the fin around the shaft are very very thin. The slightest application of leveraged pressure on the shaft might rip the sides of the fin off.
So what’s a way to prevent this? Lay a strip of wood each side of the top of the fin. Clamp them somehow to give the fin walls effective extra strength with the wood strips locked on. Do your straightening, then release the vice grip and take the wood strips away. Is the sidewall of the fin still intact on each side? Hope so !!
