This is only a short little video (1 minute) but it’ll give you a strong impression of Marblehead speed in conditions that we had in Ranking 6….(video courtesy of Dorian C.)
The Datchet Team did very well indeed at the Nationals in Keighley, not only from the excellent results all round, but also for the strong representation within the total number of competitors.
Great video here, which shows the boat well in a breeze!
I think anyone coming into radio sailing boat ownership for the first time is going to find the digital radio kit somewhat daunting. (personal experience!)
FlySky and Futaba are both commonly used at our club. Pick up the instruction manuals for both of them and they are baffling….. and totally written assuming you use drones, planes, helicopters and gliders. No mention of Radio Sailing!!
In radio sailing we only use a small subset of the functionality that these transmitters offer. I reckon most of the content of the rather large user manuals is not needed by radio sailors.
I’m inclined at some point to produce some user manuals for both systems on what Radio Sailors need and put them on this website as downloads. That assumes I shall ever figure out how to set them up!
In the mean time, here are two great little videos for FlySky and Futaba as it relates to setting up for radio sailing. FlySky video first, then the Futaba video.
Datchet Radio Sailing - Making It All Much Easier !! 