Comments on: R/C Boats–As Good As The Real Thing?

By: gascanman

gascanman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:46:25 +0000

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A prop is a prop, on a plane, on a boat, it’s the same difference — it makes it go.

Paddles didn’t work in the schools and they are too old for modern rc boats too. What a silly idea!

==>fishouttawatta: if you’re so hung up on seeing oars splash in and out, get yourself a rowboat and drive your rc boat from the middle of the lake!

By: practicefielder

practicefielder — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:20:20 +0000

A paddle-wheel does not count for paddling a boat.

“Paddles” for boats are quite clearly meant to be oars or oar-like protrusions. Wheels with little “flippers” that go-round have nothing to do with a traditional human rowing motion.

Paddling wheels are basically low-tech propellers.

By: nopenopenotgonna

nopenopenotgonna — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:01:59 +0000

There is this dude on my street who is a model boater. He’s funny ’cause he don’t lika drive ‘em. He only wants to fix broken ones.

Good boat shows up at his pond, he just runs his nose up in ‘a air like a fine yacht snob does to a little sailboat. Boat with a hole in it? Hes’a all ova it.

Boat sinking? He dive in right away bring it back to shore, find the leak, and patch it with his logo all over the repair.

Boat zipping all around on the surface? He doen’t evn bother to look. He a real funny guy that way….. Won’t talk about himself either. Must be some kinda war injury.

By: shelovesme,shelovesmenot...

shelovesme,shelovesmenot... — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:01:04 +0000

I *LOVE* model boats too! Thanks for the reminder writing this — gives me a pause from work to day-dream about boating treats and retreats. Thanks, thanks, thanks. LOTS !,!,!

By: sitandspin

sitandspin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:58:51 +0000

Model paddleboats have paddles, albeit on a wheel.

By: knows how to loop, swoop, and pull

knows how to loop, swoop, and pull — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:26:39 +0000

R/C is so much fun! I’ve never had a boat one. Cars and trucks get boring fast. I think you can get airplanes with floats, so that counts for a boat with no paddle.

By: Alicia Deschanel

Alicia Deschanel — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:00:34 +0000

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not true not true. jet boats don’t have propellers. neither do model boats with sails. and swamp boats have fans.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:50:55 +0000

Right on Pirate Stuff. If there’s one thing I don’t understand it’s all the public sentiment against the pirate profession. It’s just been given a bad name by people who don’t understand the value of an honest hold-up. Take Robin Hood who was also a bandit but got a good wrap from the myth that giving it away makes it OK. I mean, come on, who’s to say that there is anyting worng iwth taking from the rich, no matter what you do with it?

Pirates Rock!

By: twan

twan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:32:14 +0000

radio control stuff always loses signal eventually — with so many stray electronic transmissions these days, cell phones, etc.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:41:52 +0000

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R/c boat hobby folks know to expect a problem with model return on command, and they have a full-size “real” water-craft ready in the wake (ha!) of such a situation. I have ovserved this situation up-close-and-personal. It happens. It’s part of the hobby.

Two boats are needed for each hobbyist. A replica and an original, unless the model is brought in before engine power is spent.