The box is an ‘off the shelf’ part that we can offer from our own mould, made to take a standard sheave. It is half the weight and stronger than a steel box. Exit holes can be drilled at either or both ends and different pin sizes are possible. This is an experimental installation in […]
Carbon swivel system replaces riveted-on plastic fitting (shown at right in second picture)…
Though the boat was already at minimum weight, we went through the exercise of ‘updating’ the basic systems and details as a first step to proving some of the concepts we are considering for use on the new A cat. Despite the minimum overall weight rule, in reality the weight saving imperative still exists for […]
Just took delivery of this Boyer MkIV. Though not at the cutting edge, this boat represents a known platform, and a practical test bed for our development ideas. The plan is to gradually modify the boat, replacing discrete components with our prototype parts. Once we are happy with the detailing, we can transfer the successful […]
The lower panel of the mast tube is 14mm outside diametre high modulus tube. A piece of 16mm tube forms the basis of the horizontal element of the joint. It is glued in place together with pieces of 14mm sleeve that form the first telescopic taper element of the main boom and jib yard. The […]
This is one solution for M class booms. A bit labour intensive but light and stiff. The balsa core in the elbow could be replaced with foam though arguably using balsa offers toughness. There is possibly a windage advantage in round booms, and our experience shows this to outweigh the downwind projected area and end-plate […]
Ray is making progress with the rigs for the Octave prototype. The design uses a simple method for cantilevering the cranes from the upper mast tubes. After drilling, fitting, and bonding, carbon tow is used to prevent splitting. The mastheads are filled with low density filler mainly to keep water out. This system eliminates all fittings […]
Screen shots in preparation for tooling files. Part of the tendering process for outsourced production tooling.
Chris Lawrence has had the first plug milled for BlackIce. Moulds and a prototype will follow…
A view of design detailing for an open wheeler tub. The client was kind enough to allow us to share this view of the main carbon safety cell prior to fine detailing. Very interesting to apply our knowledge and tools to different worlds. While we are on cars… Here is a view of a prototype […]
