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Racing Sparrow Footy RS305-3D Materials & Parts
These are the complete and detailed lists of materials and electronics you need to complete the build of the Racing Sparrow Footy 305.
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General Supplies
- Masking Tape wheelspinmodels.co.uk
- (CA Glue) Superglue 20g wheelspinmodels.co.uk
Hull
- Filament PLA+ 1/3 Roll esun3dstore.uk
- Split pin (25mm x 3.5) x 1 pjsails.co.uk
- Brass Tube 1/8 pjsails.co.uk
Electrics
- Radio Transmitter flyingtech.co.uk
- Radio Receiver flyingtech.co.uk
- Battery 4xAAA square ebay.co.uk, componentshop.co.uk
- Sail Servo Emax ES3054 pjsails.co.uk, wheelspinmodels.co.uk
- Rudder Servo - Emax ES08MA-II wheelspinmodels.co.uk
- Screws 3mm x 2 pjsails.co.uk
Keel/Rudder
- Carbon Rod Round 3mm - Keel Internal + Rudder Shaft, 700mm length easycomposites.co.uk
- Lead Shot, 200g claygame.co.uk - #7.5
- Epoxy Resin 100ml easycomposites.co.uk - slow cure
- Methylated Spirits amazon.co.uk
- Control rod & clevis wheelspinmodels.co.uk - Link, wheelspinmodels.co.uk - Rod
Rigging & Sails
- Carbon Tube 4mm - Mast & Boom. (A-rig 974mm), (B-rig 805mm), (C-rig 643mm). easycomposites.co.uk
- Braid Line - 1 meter pjsails.co.uk
- Sail Material pottersolutions.co.uk, pjsails.co.uk, sailsetc2.com
- Spinnaker Repair Tape - half roll pjsails.co.uk
- Fishing Clip x 1 pjsails.co.uk - Clip, pjsails.co.uk - swivel
Notes
The servos for the wee footy need to be light weight but still have reasonable strength. We tried a few brands and sizes and the Emax servos we find are a good balance of price and quality with enough power.
The battery needs to be a 4AAA square pack to fit the battery box. The weight distribution and placement of the battery is critical to the balance of the boat.
The B-rig sail is the best all-round choice. We recommend building at least 2 sails, the B and C rigs for a wide range of sailing conditions.