The Espana

Well I got bored last night so I decided to start marking the Espana for cutting. I am figuring out how many ribs. If I go with 3/8 ribs I get 7 but if I go with 1/4 I would get 10. Question on ribs though. According to my calculations it works out to 10.95 ribs. Would I get 10 or 11? I am hoping to have a dreadnought type flotilla running this summer. VU, Southy and Espana terrorizing the waters.

 

You should be ok with 11 ribs. Five hundreths of a inch short is so tiny as to be insignificant. It it really bothers you, make one rib 1/64th of an inch smaller than 1/4" and you will be covered.

 

I think I will take the 11th rib. It would be nice to shore up some vulnerable area with an extra rib.

 

That's a neat (relatively) little ship -- what rules is it for, and where did you get the plans?

 

The Espana is going to built for IRCWCC rules set. I havent gotten a good set of plans yet.

 

Looking forward to seeing the 3 ducklings in action.

 

The builders model in Madrid.

 

I am checking the inventory to see if I can arm it this year. I am hoping it can be sail tested by mid summer. I have as a goal to have southy ready for sail testing by mid april. The tennessee by june 1 and Espana for July 15th. I will be using an Esc in the espana. I have a 40 amp mtroniks speed controller. It should be able to handle 2 380 motors.

 

Yes it the esc should be able to handle that.

 

both sides have been marked out for windows. I went with 11 1/4 ribs.

 

Excellent. Good work there Admiral.

 

I decided today was a cutting day. So I finished cutting my Graf Spee hull. And then I cut the Espana. I wont cut that until I am ready to install shafts. When I cut for the shafts I will resin in the shafts so I need a relatively warm day to do it.

 

She's a good fighting ship in IRCWCC. I have one collecting dust on the shelf now. She was built by Ali Zinant back in 1999 or so.

 

I like the class 4 ship. It would make a nice counterpart to my Prinz Eugen (a VU class ship)

 

The construction on the Espana will begin this weekend. It cam e down to the Graf Spee or Espana and I figure the Espana would be better as I am waiting to Captn Jack to finish his Graf Spee

 

So far the hull windows have been cut. I just have to cut out for the shafts and rudder.

 

Any recommedation on props size? I am think 1.25 inches.

 

Find out from Bob Pottle what he used on his. That model had plenty of thrust from his props and it was quite peppy and maneuverable.

 

Hmmm I wonder if I can put two biz sized props on her . I am thinking the 1.25 inch props are the way to go.

 

You can just attach a BIS size prop to the mast and use that as a wind mill to power your on board radio systems.