R/C Naval Combat

i need some help building my destroyer. how would you make the frames(ribs) of the destroyer. i now there made out of 1/4 inch balsa wood but how do yuo make them bend to match the hull?[?]

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THANKS ALOT! that helped me out so much! thank you :)

I never asked this question to you previously; didn't seem the time.. But,

Why a Destroyer? It is a very complicated build. Why not some cruiser variant?

mmmmm. i don't know. it just looked the easyest to build? mabye i'll change my mind to something else. mmmmmmmm. i guess i'll just build a nice lookin cruiser. what type of cruiser should i build? ( i just thought that building a destroyer would be the easyist)

I haven't built a ship yet (Missouri & Emile Bertin in process) but I have yet to see anyone say a destroyer is easy. Although it may seem that a smaller ship may be easier and cheaper to build, it's the space constraints that make powering and arming one very difficult. If you are considering a cruiser, have you seen this thread yet??

http://www.rcnavalcombat.com/rcnavalcombat/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1289

I know the thread is getting pretty long, but if you skip all the dialog between everyone whilst deciding which ship to do, (ultimatly decided on the French cruiser Emile Bertin around page 7 or 8), there is some good stuff there, as well as a full set of Cad drawings. It is still a work in progress, but there are a few guys (myself included) preparing a to do a "test build" to begin working out the details, so help on the exact ship you are working on, should you decide to do this one, would be easy to come by, and the entire purpose of the project is to help the rookie builders like you and I. Check it out.

Thanks... this helps me out a ton! ")

i've decided on the type of cruiser i'm goin to build.... The brooklyn class cruiser. it has plenty of guns and is longer than the destroyer on has more hull mass. it's a light cruiser tho.. :)

fast gun or slow gun

Fast Gun or *Big* Gun. You wouldn't like us Big Gunners calling you all Little Gunners, would you?

ok fine small(fast)or big(slow) ist all good

it's for Big Gun. destroyers would be the fastest but smallest. this light cruiser is bigger and longer hand has three times the amount of guns on it.

do you all think it's a good idea building a brooklyn class cruiser. it has a lot of guns and i'm not sure if i'll have enough space to put them all. there is 3 turrets in the front and 2 turrets in the back each have 3 guns on em. how do you make enough space for all that?

and one more question, do eny of you have plans for cruiser that i might be able to use.
( it would save me a lot of time erning to money to get plans off the internet, and what waiting 3 weeks for it to get here)
it would be so much help. i don't care what type of cruiser it is at all.
just would love the help.

Thanks for lookin.

have you ckecked here http://www.battlersconnection.com

o thanks.

scratch the brooklyn class. i'll go with the cleveland class. it has 12 6 inch guns, 4 turrets.

Ah, picking a ship...

My problem is I'd like to build them all :)

hahaha