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Tips and Tricks
For the RC Laser Sailor
For the RC Laser Sailor
RC Laser owners are part of a huge family. Some are cutting their teeth in model sailing, but some of the very best racing skippers sail RC Lasers because they are the ultimate in one-design production which demand the very best to win. The one thing we all have in common is the simplicity, durability, and performance of the RC Laser.
Below is an index to articles about the RC Laser. Simply click on the subject and you will go to that article. You are free to download these articles. If you have an article or comments to make that would help others, please submit to Steve Lang at Steve@SailRC.com
Suggested modifications or fixes
^ Up Your Antenna (Riding the Waves) An article for radios systems before 2.4 ghz radio systems installed in boats 2010 and later. 2.4 ghz systems do not have external antennas.
Slip Slidin' away (Without a rudder, you're . . . )
Normal Maintenance
^ Shoot the Juice to me, Bruce (Servo exit post treatment)
Electronics Can be a Pain (Troubleshooting your electronics)
Monofilament Mayhem (Replacing your monofilament control line)
Battery Parenting (Battery management)
Soggy Bottom Blues (Keep your electronics DRY)
The Big Twitch (Servo glitching, jerking, whatever)
High Tech Sail Repair (Sail repair)
Things NOT to do ~ or else
The High Launch Syndrome (The keel costs how much?)
Pick Up Sticks (How NOT to grab your boat)
Eating Teeth (The skinny on steering servos)
Don't Monkey with the Plate (Deck Plate that is)
Wonders never cease ~ remarkable engineering features
^ Squeeze me Baby (The ultimate Bilge Pump)
^ Baby Black Blocks (A piece of resistance)
^ What Channel,er, What Frequency, er...HELP! (And you think you are confused now!)
Proper handling procedure
^ On-Off, On-Off (There is a right way!) This article does not pertain to the newer 2.4 ghz radios installed in RC Lasers beginning in 2011.
Irons (How to recover)
Performance guidelines
^ The Angle of the Dangle (Adjusting your mainsheet)
Changing Sail (Tips on when and how)
Tuning Guide (Race tuning for better performance)
Steer Straight (Synching the rudder with your radio)
Accessories and how-tos
It's So Easy (Speed Clips)
Boat in Bag 101 (Proper way to put boat in the Bag) )
409 ~ So Fine (Applying your Hull Decals)
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