Checking your rigger set up

[Don Ferrette]

Ok gang here's one for ya. How often do you re-check your settings on your rigger(s) once you've initially got it where you want it to be.

 

[Mike Stewart]

When I get home from the pond, tear it down completely (salt water), and get it clean. I put it on the setup board, and that is where it stays until the next run, and won't usually check it unless something looks jacked up.

 

[Scott Schneider]

:unsure: My riggers are so settled once they get tweeked into race trim that I only check tightness of screws and such and never think about rechecking set up.

:blink: But ? if things start getting weird on the water :blink: Yes they get checked !!

Scott

 

[rhomodel]

May be really stupid question for someone who has 3 riggers but what is a set-up board? I mean I think that it is some kind of rig in which you set-up your rigger but can anyone post a picture of it?

Julius

 

[Preston_Hall]

In reality a setup "board" or "table" is just a really flat surface. Some people have holes cut in their "board" for the rudder and turn fin to go through but still just a flat "board".

 

[Mike Broad]

I set mine up after it gets wrecked. That means usually for each meeting.

Mike Broad

 

[Don Ferrette]

I set mine up after it gets wrecked. That means usually for each meeting.

Mike Broad

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[Ken Hildreth]

If it aint broke, dont fix it. I dont table mine unless I hit a bouy, (which means it does get tabled some) or if it does something I dont like while racing. Its always good to have those numbers wrote down in case something goes wrong. Ken

 

[Don Ferrette]

Well the results are interesting so far. The reason I started this is something many don't consider- wood settles & shifts. I have found that even if the boat(s) seem to be working fine, over time wood compresses & changes & with it your initial settings. Granted this may not be as noticeable on the bigger hulls but something I find very important in a 21 size. :blink:

 

[Joe_Knesek]

I check it before each race because my current board it too heavy to bring to the races. Otherwise, I'd check it @ the pond after it sets out under the tent for awhile.

 

[Scott Schneider]

:huh: Quote: over time wood compresses & changes & with it your initial settings.

Initial set up is tweeked and slowly changed from results with props and increased speeds over the first few months of R&D for the optimum set up.

What "was" inital, never is "final" because we are doing slight tweeks all the time for one reason or another. Little bit of rudder kick or tuck, Turn fin shimming and sponson angle of attack once played with and set seldom move again on a boat with some water time under it.

<_< If stuff is settling, so be it, because it don't really matter IMHO.

Scott

 

[Don Ferrette]

"If stuff is settling, so be it, because it don't really matter IMHO."

Well if that's your approach & it works for you that's fine. But when a 1/2 degree change on a setting is worth 3-4 mph it's matters big time to me. Been there, done that, still going fast........... B)

 

[Scott Schneider]

"If stuff is settling, so be it, because it don't really matter IMHO."
Well if that's your approach & it works for you that's fine. But when a 1/2 degree change on a setting is worth 3-4 mph it's matters big time to me. Been there, done that, still going fast...........  B)

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Don.

Thats whats really so cool about racing boats, You can be detail tweeker or just savvy and go just as fast.

Typical IMPBA ideals are: Go as fast as you can !!

IMPBA rewards top speed, and top finish position.

Typical NAMBA ideals are: Go as fast as you can but still finish 6 laps.

We don't get squat for speed only finish position.

Differant format, differant requirements from your boats.

With no reward for speed we tend to set up to be faster while in the corners.

With equal boats and drivers it would be safe to say: under the NAMBA format most races outcome are made or lost in the corners.

Your question you posted is quite valid, Being one that obviously tweeks to the limit would see gains with such detailed set up ethics.

Yes I too like you am very detail oriented and see results from being nit picky about the way every part of my boats are set.

So really we are no differant, only looking at differant things to be at the top of our game.

Scott

 

[Mike Stewart]

One thing I know is that the Eagle67 sg rigger is such a good design that even my 1st ever half azzed attempt to make a similar boat (not a copy) from just pictures off the net goes fast enough to keep around RTR as a community boat. It always "wows" the crowds as long as its the only boat on the pond. :blink: B)

 

[Watercadet]

One thing I know is that the Eagle67 sg rigger is such a good design that even my 1st ever half azzed attempt to make a similar boat (not a copy) from just pictures off the net goes fast enough to keep around RTR as a community boat. It always "wows" the crowds as long as its the only boat on the pond.     

I can't believe you made that statement in one sentence. :lol: :blink: :blink:

 

[Don Ferrette]

" So really we are no differant, only looking at differant things to be at the top of our game."

I'll go along with that.