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R/C Boats
Above is a basic picture of the layout of a V-hull boat. The part names in this picture apply to all R/C boats. Sorry the pic is blurry right now, I'll fix that as soon as possible. Boats can by divided into two basic groups, displacement boats, and planing boats.
Displacement Hull The displacement hull includes such model boats as cargo ships, sailboats, battleships, and other "heavy" boats. These ships are called displacement hulls because they always displace the amount of water that is equal to their weight. That means they never get on plane, these ships are always "in the water", with their propellor totally submerged. Displacement hulls are generally slow moving; they are mainly made as models of large ships. I will not go into detail with this type of hull on my webpage.
Planing Hull The planing hull what someone would think of as a race boat or other fast boats. Planing hulls are definitely the faster of the two types of boats. This type of boat includes such hull styles as deep-vees, monohulls, catamarans, tunnelhulls, air-boats, and hydroplanes. All these hulls indicate high speed. At rest, the planing hull is similar to a displacement hull, it displaces the amount of water equal to its weight. As it accelerates, though, the hull begins to rise out of the water. The boat continues to rise out of the water as it accelerates. Now, the boat is on plane. The hull is "on top of the water", not "in the water". This greatly reduces drag, and the boat is able to gain even more speed even though the power is the same.
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