Rotates are only legal for ships that are permitted sidemounts (Battlecruisers, etc). Cruisers and smaller are restricted to fore-and-aft mounts for safety reasons.
Ah. Where can I find that in the rules? What's it listed under? I'd hate to build my baltimore wrong and have to fix it afterward.
Check Section E, subsection 10. http://www.ircwcc.org/files/Bylaws_Rules/Rules_2013.htm Edit: (Probably worthwhile reading them fore to aft a few times in general to familiarize yourself some more)
No, but I'm trying to keep to my promise. Last couple of weeks, or months rather, have been absorbed by other duties. I have progressed a little though. The rudder servo was moved further aft and today I glued together the plywood for the mount. I've designed and built a cheap and effective alternative to a dog-bone, which just needs the motor to complete it. Other than replacing a magazine on a cannon and re-alining the rudders, I haven't progressed much more than noted above. I do plan to finish this soon, though. I need to get this iron out of the fire so I can finish other projects I've started.
Worked on the wiring harness today. Have 60% of it done. Also have the rudder relocated farther aft which makes a lot more room for other stuff.
Still working away. Won't be done in time for the Spring Regional, but possibly Nate's Summer Dust-off.
You should attend anyways, ask around and see if someone has a working ship they can loan you. Or just go with a camera and take in the action and watch how folk battle and how they've built their ships.
Getting much done. Should be done in a month or so. Don't know if I'll be able to battle at Nats (so expensive!), but if things work out I might go to Nate's Summer Dustoff. When I get a little more done, I do a photo post.
Well, work has been slowly progressing. The rudder tubes have been given necessary re-enforcement, and the rudder servo has been mounted to its new hitching post. The forward sub-deck has been profiled to match the ribs. I didn't do this first off and it made sheeting hard. Also, the cannons have been mounted to the deck. I've read that you don't want them to move and mess up your aim, so I mounted them very securely. Plus just today, I ripped the concrete sealer out of the middle part of the ship and am going to replace it with wood. Using foam as a filler the first time around didn't work so great. The sealer didn't stick to the foam that much and with it being a very thin layer, it started to come off. The new wood plating to go over the ribs. (after the cavities have been filled with a better type of foam) The mess that it is covering up. The way I strengthened the rudder post and the new servo mount. The guns mounted to the deck. New profiling for the sub-deck. And yes, ladies and gentlemen you heard it here first, the poppets have been kicked aside and replaced with solenoids! YAY!!
Thanks, just got done installing the deck hold-downs for the forward deck. Also glued and sanded foam into the ribs on the port side of the boat.
I've seen deck hold downs like that get shattered by incoming fire. you might want to test a few. And that looks like a half inch gap between your stern hard area and the first rib forward. My understanding of the "minimum space between ribs" part of the rules was that it applied to space between bow/stern hard area and ribs as well. You might want to seek clarification on that from someone. @thegeek ?