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08-06-2007, 07:35
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Re: pic: 648 Cardboard Crab Steer Boat 1
You will have a very difficult time steering this boat. If you're ever rowed a flat-bottomed inflateable dinghy in the wind, you'll know why.
It's a bit like trying to walk on ice. Powerboats use a V shape hull for tracking, and sailboats use a keel. You have a couple options to correct that. You can move the propellers so that they will pull the boat. Pushing an unstable boat is like trying to balance a shovel on your hand. Or you can change from the tetra design to hulls that have self-tracking, like a catamaran. A number of solutions - but you're going to have trouble if you don't implement one of them. 
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