Curious of what the CURRENT status is of this particular aspect of the hobby? Is anyone actually on the water? Building? Battling? Planning? Dreaming?Anything? I'm impatient to get finally some sawdust flying myself. Moved to Northern Cal six months back and have been buried between, moving, unpacking, setting up and working on our new place and just getting everything sorted out. Just finished getting solar in and now the next big project in line is a workshop!! To that end I've been reading everything I can find on building and sailing one of these AOS rigs and of course watching what ya'll are doing here.....and Jonesing to get started on one of my own. So many ships to choose from!! So where are we on the rules, building and battling?
Have considered it, but it will be a while before I have a place to build again. Looks really cool though.
I have plans to work on a ship, but my Bismarck has to be finished/ battle ready before I'm going to allow myself to lay down a hull. a
Frigate and sloop sailing this week. The shipyard has been underhanded and I believe I will have to reconfigure the gunnery so as to only have two guns per ship - but now with the extra room I will fully commit to a weighted gimbal for self levelling.
Pictures or it didn't happen! It will be nice to see another ship on the water. To date, only one has sailed.
Unhappy sail day. Wind was gale force. Snapped my mizzen and main servo right out of its albeit Micky Mouse harness. I can't figure out how to get a video on here. But if you youtube search: thetclarkest sail fail... The video is embarrassing as I've sailed successfully many summer days previous. But for those who want to discuss and learn...
I currently have two Constitution kits on my shelf awaiting assembly. But first, I have to get back from my current overseas deployment, finish my Scharnhorst, and trade it for something more manageable. Expect to see a "for sale or trade" sign on the forums in a few months...
