Beats the best price for more than a year by 33%. Browse the site and come back to this link to get to the hidden OzBargain Aussie Gold page to purchase at the special price. A special to celebrate our Aussie Gold Sailing at the Olympics.
The ShipShapeRC eBooks are about getting the most from your budget RC sailboat.. These boats are vary from about 1m to 2m from keel to top of mast, are often made of fibreglass and sell direct from China around the $100 $150 price point (plus post and rc accessories) – My first RC sailboat back in the 1980's was $400 for a plastic boat – and that was when 20 cents bought a bag of lollies at the corner store.
ShipShapeRC started when an Aussie father / son team sunk 2 boats within a minute of each other by following the supplied “Chinglish” instructions. Many people say their kit had NO instructions. The boats are fundamentally really good, so they decided to write a small site about what things you must do, should do, and could do to build one – and keep it afloat no matter what. It grew into a full how-to-build it ebook and that idea grew in 4 ebooks which are easy to download and print or read on screen. You also get free upgrades on any new revisions (currently in 4th edition) for about 2 months or 5 downloads. New revisions are on the way.
The first book is a Buyers Guide which uses a heap of photos, descriptions and comparisons on a variety of low priced boats. It also tells you where we buy our gear.
Next is the Construction Companion which goes step by step with plenty of photos to show you how these beauties really go together (whether your kit came with the lousy instructions or not). Each section shows what is needed and also highlights optional upgrades you may wish to do either now, while you are working on that part or later on as needed. It also goes through the accessories you will need, we discuss model of gear (such as radio control transmitters) and where we buy from.
Sailing Theory and Practice is oddly enough about how to sail and run fun races with your mates.
Advanced Modifications and Repairs is great for when you have been sailing the boat hard for a while and it needs maintenance or those for people who are constant modders.
A further bonus is you get free membership to the forum which has more than 10,000 posts with ideas and questions from keen model sailors around the world (including a strong Aussie component). So if you have further questions or ideas you have come up with, there is an active community to become a part of.
Individually these books total $22.96. The best sale price for more than a year is $14.99 for the collection. The OzBargain Aussie Gold Deal smashes that by a further 33% to just $9.99 – That's what the first version of the Construction Guide sold for years ago.