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Eddy Matthews:
For anyone that's looking for a commercially available kit of a paddler, the American company Dumas does two...

Creole Queen sternwheeler, and the Mount Washington sidewheeler. Both are excellent for radio control, but the quality of the timber in Dumas kits can often be a bit suspect! Though it does seem to have improved in recent years....

You can get more info on these two kits from the Dumas website. www.dumasproducts.com

thewharfonline:
Talk about Russian History popping up everywhere (I study it in school) a Duma was an early parliament elected by the Tsar...bet they did nothing to create or preserve paddlers though!

steamboatmodel:
Hi Eddy,
Sorry to disagree, but the Mt. Washington is not an Ideal kit to RC.
I have seen several attempts to RC it and only one has worked out well.
The Hull needs to be deeper, and you have the problem of the boat leaning in turns and sticking in a list on one side.
Regards,
Gerald

Eddy Matthews:
Well there we'll have to agree to differ Gerald... Perhaps not the easiest sidewheeler to make into a working model, but I've seen two of these models over the last 5 years and both worked perfectly.

Though having said that, I know that both the models I saw had ditched most of the wood from the Dumas kit (because of it's poor quality) and had substituted better quality and perhaps lighter materials. The hulls certainly hadn't been increased in depth....

Lots of sidewheelers suffer from stability issues, but most can be overcome once you understand the problems involved.

Khephre:
Now that Dumas Mt Washington raises an interesting topic.

Anyone built a paddler with a working walking beam engine?

Not necessarily powering the model but at least moving at the same time as the paddles. I'd imagine the first hurdle must be to gear down the speed of the beam to a realistic speed - which would be what?

Tony

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