Volantex Compass RC Yacht

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[@GrandadIsAnOldMan]

Looking forward to seeing that in the water 😍

[@dmm8658]

Thanks for the explanation of how yachts sail in their different configurations. Really enjoyed it.

[@mikecreed1959]

So glad I found your video, thx a mil. Trying to figure out how the rigging works from the instructions was a nightmare!! Now to get her on the water. 😊

[@AndrewNewton]

Happy sailing. It's a fun little yacht

[@iforce2d]

He knows all the special words! Who better to take a look at this one, can't wait to see it in action.

[@AndrewNewton]

All Kiwis are good sailors aren't they?

[@iforce2d]

Only the ones on TV :)

[@aliberkozderya3112]

I enjoyed watching you explain the basics and I look forward to the maiden.

[@marto2200]

great review. I have been looking at these rc yatchs as I love sailing too. Can't wait to see the actual sailing review.

[@chrisB_OG]

did he ever make one?

[@ukulelefatman]

very cool. Fair winds and a fair tide !

[@zubuxstein]

Awesome job!

[@BryanPike]

Just pulled the trigger on one from exhoby. Thanks for a great video, I'm even more exited now. Looks like a pretty top notch engineered kit for the coin.

[@kjenkin53]

Thanks Andrew, my wife has had a “Duckling” rc yatchet from back in the mid 80’s (lakesedge engineering, Toukley, NSW) which we both enjoy. Sort of worked out how to sail, but your explanation made a lot more sense. Many thanks.

[@AndrewNewton]

Duckling, sounds like it would float!

[@kjenkin53]

www.traplet.com.au/content/images/thumbs/0024816_duckling-rc1344.jpeg 36” 914mm fibreglass with Mylar sails.

[@FeWolf]

Sailed in real life and currently kayaker, always that land sailing was interesting.

[@GiovanniBausC]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@MrZeek101]

Great video Andrew always a pleasure watching your reviews Keep up the great job

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks Robert.

[@Turbo7968]

I learned to sail in Boy Scouts. Had a 16ft. catamaran that was loads of fun. Its been a while since and forgot the terminology. Nice refresher course , thank you.

[@AndrewNewton]

The terminology is unique and confusing

[@tomspallone1868]

Best description of sailing ever!

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks Tom, I was obsessed by sailing as a young lad.

[@RubberDino]

Good to see you branching out a little! Always been interested in RC sailboats myself but never taken the plunge.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes same here, great to finally get my hands on one.

[@TakeItToTheGround]

Good luck slope soaring this one.

[@johanbergkvist8834]

Can't wait to see it sail. I predict this boat will have a gennaker or genoa in the video after the next. Then a spinnaker in the fullness of time. Oh, the mods I can see coming...! And thanks for the transport breakdown segment, much appreciated.

[@AndrewNewton]

Foils too!

[@rwprime1]

My wife and I used to live on a lake in Michigan and our neighbor's son visited him and he brought a small catamaran called a Hobie Cat. Lucky me, he asked if I would like to go for a sail and I jumped at the opportunity. I will never forget how exhilarating it was when the wind grabbed it and the acceleration was incredible. I mean it just absolutely lurched forward like a race car - I mean right now. I didn't know it could do that. I was always into fishing - that sure was neat.

[@AndrewNewton]

Those cats sure do take off, great fun

[@Flybrei]

Nice👍

[@Bellairvideo]

Wow, a lovely model... I can smell the salt & spray from here! In fact , we go sailing tomorrow ( Wife & I) on a bigger yacht around the South Pacific ( Cruise ship) Can’t wait to see this model sail into Geelong harbour.

[@AndrewNewton]

Excellent, enjoy the sea

[@RC-dd8tn]

I love the good information.

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks for watching!

[@KenKneknaneek]

Sold my 26 foot Nash 6 foot head room, 2 cyl diesel inboard engine etc couple years ago, bought it new 31 years ago lol.. yes watching your demonstration brought back lots of memories. Now we can get out on the water again via radio control nice.. The design looks like it will dig in and heel over nicely and probably be able to sail at a fair clip. Be interesting to see what the range is on the water, and another thought would be sailing it fpv wow, that would be just like sailing for real possibly. Something to try I suppose. lol Looking forward to your upcoming videos. Happy Sailing !! lol

[@AndrewNewton]

FPV camera on a pole out the back would be a great view

[@adrianjabs5752]

Thank you my friend for tutorial I just bought the same model compass & in covid lockdown Sydney I've got a little project to pass the time !👍

[@AndrewNewton]

Good luck with the sailboat and the lockdown.

[@adrianjabs5752]

@@AndrewNewton God bless you too !👍🙏

[@robbvk6es]

When I was a lad we lived near Lake Lefroy, a large salt lake, perfect for land sailing. I was a member of the land sailing club there which basically had two types of land yacht, all steel pipe fun yachts and much faster streamlined racing yachts as well as a permanent clubhouse. The fastest yachts would easily reach 100 KPH. Being such a large area all of the Yachts were much bigger than the typical beach types of today. All the yachts were self built and designed. Nothing like the consumer Blowkart existed back then. My brother still races Blowkarts south of Perth, he is the Australian distributor for them in fact.

[@AndrewNewton]

I drool over Blowkarts, nowhere to sail them around here unfortunately.

[@geraldharper330]

nicely done I have one on order

[@AndrewNewton]

Excellent, happy sailing

[@scottfirman]

I am planning on making a Spinnaker for mine. I noticed you can buy that type of fabric at most fabric shops. As I have inly sailed a sunfish type sailboat, This would still be fun. I know my local lake offers small sailboat classes but at 60 I don't care to take that up. My friend tried to get me out on his sailboat. As he is blind, I would end up doing all the work and he would just bark out commands, thats not fun. I think my Grandson will enjoy helping me sail it, no barking on my boat allowed!

[@AndrewNewton]

Spinnaker would be fun if you can work out how to hoist and drop it. Maybe a bowsprit asymmetrical?

[@bobwebber8521]

Whole new language to learn now. Must get my sailboat out of mothballs. Looking forward to first sail (should be good for a laugh).

[@Bergwacht]

Usually I fly FPV copter. The boat looks like relaxation in comparison to flying. The thing is huuuge :-D

[@AndrewNewton]

This is one of the smaller versions. RC yachts do tend to be very big.

[@johnnycop77]

Nice workshop Andrew.

[@AndrewNewton]

All packed up now, moving to a new shed

[@ruftime]

Forgot you had land sailors before I sub'd. What a neat surprise! We race every weekend....when not flying;-)

[@AndrewNewton]

Cool, yachts or land sailers?

[@HowToDIYRc]

very cool new toy drew only misses telltales :D i never know you were into sailing i just started last years with sailing dinghy but already saving up for a bigger one around 36 to 44ft :D maybe even come by and visit you

[@AndrewNewton]

Excellent, let me know when you're approaching Corio Bay

[@Rhodeislander]

The boom appears 180 degrees out. The vang is usually on the bottom, that would make the boom even with the mainsail bottom. I'm going to mod mine to work correctly

[@AndrewNewton]

For a full size sailboat maybe. But models use lots of different ideas

[@JakeBullit123]

Funny that, I've just got my thunder tiger voyage back on the water after eight years gathering dust. Looks decent kit, smoke me a kipper skipper Andrew. 😀

[@AndrewNewton]

Just watched a video on the Thunder Tiger, looks proper

[@rustyblades145]

Very keen to see what you think of this thing in the water, do you think it is a good starter sailboat for someone experienced with cars and small planes?

[@AndrewNewton]

It is a good starter, it sails nicely and the components are good. But mine leaked a little so I added extra water proofing (silicon sealant) around all the attachment points. I also changed to a decent receiver and radio.Better yachts are a lot more expensive.

[@juanjosemunera]

Perfect configuration. With your permission, allow me to write down three details that could improve the configuration of this sailboat: I think you need one luff ring at the top of the sail; a little more of the jib curve (leech); and grease the rudder shaft so that it turns more smoothly. I see that you are a professional in everything

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks Juan, you read my mind. I have added the top luff ring, and will grease the rudder shaft too.

[@ibnjmn]

Love the shirt! Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

[@AndrewNewton]

So do I.

[@kevinharder3467]

I have this boat and was wondering if you have any tips on rewinding the winch or can direct me to some instructions

[@AndrewNewton]

Havent had to rewind mine so far so no tips yet sorry

[@kclem7]

Thanks for this! How long is the keel? I'm looking at getting one, but our local pond isn't too deep.

[@AndrewNewton]

Keel is about 38cm

[@powerfulsamuel1565]

great video,I been thinking of buying this boat because it's price.

[@AndrewNewton]

Certainly worth it. Good idea to seal all the screw and fitting holes with silicon to prevent leaks.

[@antonblebann6823]

Big Hands for Admiral Andrew, Cptn of the HMS Compass. 😁👏👏👏👍👍👍⚓⚓⛵⚓⚓

[@AndrewNewton]

Hehe

[@antonblebann6823]

@@AndrewNewton 🙂😄😁

[@koalatails6391]

It can’t slope, but it will glide, & possibly plane.

[@AndrewNewton]

Ha, maybe

[@skyfooty]

Was expecting it to sail

[@AndrewNewton]

Tomorrow

[@BrianRamseysg01]

Just got one thinking of putting sealant on keel rubber and weight one, a good or bad idea has yours deteriorated over time?

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes good idea, seal up all the gaps to stop leaks.

[@BrianRamseysg01]

@@AndrewNewton Thanks for reply well its all rigged up and ready to maiden the TX is very suspect in operation tbh. It jitters on sail winch, so going to try bind with RMTX 16S may cure it .. fitted different RX now bound with RM TX16S yay!!

[@AndrewNewton]

Much better range, good idea

[@toddhazell925]

I've got the HK Monsoon ready for it's maiden voyage

[@AndrewNewton]

Sweet, good luck

[@FlyRc23]

How long before your land yacht wing with proper camber gets a try on that?

[@AndrewNewton]

Ha. I think I'd need a bigger hull.

[@pjlee4448]

Awesome sail model. I am wondering how many requests you will get to throw it off a slope. Your sailing knowledge seems on par too. I think this boat will perform well in your hands.

[@AndrewNewton]

Sloping water = wave. Will it surf?

[@howintesting940]

very informative video. Is this the same as DF65?

[@AndrewNewton]

Same apart from the sails maybe

[@marhar2]

How does the jib weight cause the goose wing?

[@AndrewNewton]

Haven't worked that out myself yet Mark. Hopefully a real RC sailor can enlighten us.

[@kevinharder2864]

Any idea how to rewind and attach the winch. Can’t get it to function proper after removing it

[@AndrewNewton]

No sorry. I haven't had to do hat

[@stephengloor8451]

Maybe you could have a big furling Genoa on a bowsprit. Might need another winch though.

[@AndrewNewton]

Oh yeah, probably need a bigger hull.

[@peterhancox5268]

How is this one going to work on the ‘slope’ Andrew?

[@AndrewNewton]

It will fly with the speed of gravity

[@dirtdevilnc]

My boat came with the assembly instructions for a different boat. Does anyone have a link to the correct Compass boat instructions?

[@AndrewNewton]

Try RCGroups

[@didactylos4diddy474]

Looks pretty good. As you say though the sails are pretty hopelessly cut but I guess that's a fault with most of these. Going to need a jetty or pontoon to float it though. (Or chest waders). Sadly, I've got nowhere within 30 miles where I could use it :(

[@AndrewNewton]

Ha, you're right. Watch the maiden video.

[@BikingVikingHH]

8:35 I think what might be the proper way to rig that is have one continuous line anchored at the end of the mast extension (towards the stern end), thread it down through the upper rear/stern side sail riveted attachment point, then along the top of the sail, through front/bow end attachment point, and then up to the block used for adjustment, in one continuous piece, allowing a more complete tensioning system.

[@AndrewNewton]

Hmm, that sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip

[@BikingVikingHH]

I believe that’s incorrect. If it were just a “loop”, it would be doing nothing but providing downward pressure on the mast, but not locating it front or rear. By tension in it with two separate lines, you can change not only the downward pressure, but also the angle/bow of the mast front or, more importantly, to the rear. Expert sail shaping I don’t quite understand 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SPKMMTV]

G R E A T

[@ab45fly12]

what is the rage from the transmiter to the boat

[@AndrewNewton]

Probably 100m with the RTF transmitter

[@ab45fly12]

@@AndrewNewton Thanks

[@aaron8862006]

I really like your videos, Andrew, I'd just like to see more videos that aren't a banggood promotion.

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks Aaron, much appreciated. I do have a list of about 20 non review videos for the future. Just ignore the reviews if they annoy you.

[@aaron8862006]

@@AndrewNewton Cheers. I appreciate how you make clear which videos are reviews and which are not. Whatever you're flying, I always enjoy the sloping videos.

[@AndrewNewton]

@@aaron8862006Reviews of freebies always have the thumbnail text in capitals too.

[@Thalarctos.]

💗AN💗

[@typxxilps]

I had bought the Yacht Monsoon from hobbyking during magic sale for 100€ instead of 127€ to start with it too. But I need a transmitter + receiver. Unfortunatelly we just have 2m of snow, no chance to fly or sail.

[@AndrewNewton]

RC Ice yacht would be fun.

[@ccnauman]

hi Andrew, I know it's been a while since you posted this but I got this boat for my partner who is a sailor, and we are stuck trying to get this assembled...any tips would really be appreciated, so sad we can't get it worked out ;-0 thanks for any help you might be able to offer...🙏

[@AndrewNewton]

I have forgotten the build process, need to rewatch the video. What are you having problems with?

[@beanzbeanz]

It's hurting my brain too! My fingers are too big

[@beanzbeanz]

He glosses over the rigging construction which requires cutting and threading many tiny bits of cord.

[@ISSOU-if7df]

Work in 1s 2s battery ?

[@AndrewNewton]

2S would be OK but 1S probably wouldn't run the servos

[@wingsmh27]

waiting for maiden.

[@sufysprojects2689]

can you show us your landyackt?

[@AndrewNewton]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqWcXnqNf7yUpJI

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Andrew, Using the fan to demonstrate the aspects of sailing was great. My only venture into watercraft was a fiberglass Dumas Deep Vee with a mini pipe equipped K&B 7.5 speed engine. Was very loud and fast.

[@ab45fly12]

where the tools and screws included

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, included

[@GraemeDJ]

But can it slope soar...?

[@AndrewNewton]

Oh yes, it would make it to the bottom of the slope

[@JamesHurd]

Will it slope ?

[@AndrewNewton]

No motor, relying on wind blowing in the right direction. You could say it is sloping all the time, or at least gliding

[@johanbergkvist8834]

Mmmm yes, but only very briefly and only once. :)

[@ab45fly12]

\can you de rigg it for storing?

[@ab45fly12]

nvm

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, easy rigging

[@ab45fly12]

also can i go in salt water

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes. Have to check for leaks and wash well after.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Will it slope, Andrew? ;-)

[@AndrewNewton]

Will it SURF is the real question

[@wordreet]

Now come on Andrew, you did say reaching when you finally turned the boat to 45 deg down wind, but really, that was broad reaching. Every sailor's favourite attitude because it's the fastest point of sailing and how all the various sailing world speed records are set. And I should know, I've watched all the videos!

[@AndrewNewton]

I have been for a blast along the Sandy Point course on a sailboard. Strong wind and glassy smooth water, oh yeah!

[@wordreet]

Andrew Newton Heh, maybe this summer I’ll drag my lazy rear to Chesil Beach near Weymouth and do the same, on one of my seven board collection. Well I kept finding them at the local recycling or on eBay for £30 and have ended up with 5 Mistrals and 2 customs! Do you want one?

[@KevLaj]

Do I spy the old PFK Nighthawk at about 12:13?!?

[@AndrewNewton]

He still knows his kites. Yes, I thought it deserved more internet exposure being such a legendary kite.

[@C2H5OHist]

The bow looks totally weird, at least compared to full scale. Maybe the designer knows something I don't and I do know they need to run way more underwater lateral area for upwind performance.. Edit: looks like the bow was designed for maximum volume, probably to avoid stuffing it. Bad for performance though :)

[@AndrewNewton]

Accurate scale doesn't translate to best performance in models, specially with boats.

[@tommycheshire5508]

Is there anything that you do not know? I have sailed a heck of a lot myself. We will have to talk about sailing sometime.

[@AndrewNewton]

My sailing history is in this photo album www.flickr.com/photos/andrewnewtonphotos/

[@leemaples1806]

i wonder if you could mount a camera on it, and with some wifi app, sail in FPV mode?no doubt you`ll have multiple cameras on it once sailing anyway aye? next project: a pirate ship. :-)

[@AndrewNewton]

RC Arab Dhow would be cool

[@DrumDawg100]

Great Video Guys! Have you thought of doing a video with Sail Wars? Would be nice! Here is a link to one of their videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ini9pHmcjdqMebs Maybe a head to head battle?

[@Bergwacht]

I really thought yacht was a german word xhaha

[@rseficomalta]

Hi Andrew its a lovely boat, I liked your review and im gonna try it. We have loads of water here in Malta and wind so its good when we cannot fly. just ordered one from www.Volantex.eu. They also have a 1m version called Hurricane a bit more expensive. Lets try with this first ;).

[@AndrewNewton]

Would love the 1m version but this one is good

[@user-fz6vt4hf5f]

Nope not for me

[@AndrewNewton]

Seasick?

[@carls.6746]

if only this wasnt $170 and had terrible reviews on amazon (3 star) for crap components.

[@klystron44]

No good for shallow water.

[@AndrewNewton]

Correct, most RC yachts have quite a long keel