Mike Bull wrote:midlife wrote:
I'm going to Conniston next week so hopefully I'll get to have a good close look at Ernie Lazenby's K7 at some point.
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Where Ernie's model triumphed was in how well it works on the water, but as a scale model, it still has many of the common issues- things like the tail fin, nose and intakes aren't right at all.
Hi Mike,
I'm aware that the air intakes & nose are the wrong shape, I've not looked at the tail tbh, my interest is purely on how it gets up on plane so well.
I know absolutely buggerall about boats or the science behind how hydroplanes work (I'm trying to learn though), so I've oversized the planning surfaces on my K7 in a way that I can reduce their size easily if needed.
I've ordered the plans cd from Fred so hopefully my next larger attempt should be a lot better.
I drew out the sponsons for the grandsons tonight & I've gone for double scale lift, it's a bit of a hotchpotch as it doesn't have a raised plane at the rear due to the oddball prop I've had to use, it will be interesting to see if it works ok though.
Cheers
Wayne
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