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FOOTY Class R/C Sailboat
The Footy is...
... a very small radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold or simply with thin sheets of plywood fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder. Some plans are availble for sale, some for free. Links may be found on the Plans page.
To keep competition keen, the Footy designers have proposed a set of rules to keep all the boats similar to a certain degree. Visit the Rules page for details.
There is an active and growing community of Footy sailors in New Zealand, the U.K. and the USA, where it has just been added as the newest official AMYA class.
We hope that this website will help focus these efforts both in the USA and abroad. Please contact the webmaster (see below) if you have any material you'd like to contribute to the site!
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Paul Dejnak sent me email about his new Footy design, the "Opalek". The plans are published in the current issue of Mlody Technik ("young technician"). For a month you can see them on-line at the magazine's website in the June 2009 issue. The text is in Polish, but it's chock-full of nice photos.
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Last updated
May 27, 2009