RC fun

It's getting colder out there in the first life, so I logged in to se what's new in the second one. Never got to the news though. I met this guy at the pier and he was sailing his Baby BBK RC. I looked for a while and then I remembered that I had one. Somewhere.

Luffing

Couldn't remember the name of the darn thing, so I browsed like crazy in my inventory and finally... Found it! Ripped it out of the inventory and soon after we raced around the yellow buoy out there on the left.

Round and around and...

It's a little bit tricky. You see the transmitter can only reach the boat while in the same simulator. That means 250 meters or so. Max. On the far side of the yellow buoy there's only a couple of meters to the sim border. Hit that and you loose control. Game over.

Yes, they are small

It was so much fun. Thanx for the sailimg, Noran. I loved it. Since we talked about the real thing, heres a link to a clip with the real thing. The jib looks a bit strange on the real thing. For balancing purposes the real RC boats usually use a jib boom that sorta sticks out. This is commonly seen on both 1meters and Seawinds and more.

Here's a bit more on virtual RC sailing.

Virtual RC sailing

Virtual radio controlled sailing? LOL, - or is it OMFG? I thought I had seen many things in SL. Then along comes Eta; She takes Beccas boat, shrinks it to modelsize, adds RC controls and boom - there is a whole new thing going down...

RC sailing at Tradewinds. Yes, it is a wing-cat on the right.

It is not the same thing as RC in RL. I tried a Seawind; I have friends sailing those; I also tried a IOM; It is a ton of fun. However, it is great fun to do RC sailing in SL as well... even though it strikes me as completely insane.

Shhhh... full concentration during start.

I guess you could say the difference between sailing and RC sailing is about the same in SL as it is in RL. RC sailing is cheaper, simpler and more informal. There are a few advantages in SL; You do not have to worry about batteries and frequencies, and the boat is always waterproof, so no breakdowns due to water in the receiver.

Full racetrack available at Tradewinds.

Another advantage in SL is the ability to place a platform  anywhere u need; That gives the sailors perfect overview of the track, and there is no need to run around to see you boat. I gotta say, I prefer the real thing, but if you always dreamt of RC sailing, this is a really affordable way to try it. A complete RC boat is less than a cop of coffee :-) Get it at Tradewinds.