It’s alive! RC gear in place, sheeting run complete, rigs assembled. Getting closer to that first sailing day…
It’s alive! RC gear in place, sheeting run complete, rigs assembled. Getting closer to that first sailing day…
Just something in the pipeline… We want to get this right so the testing will continue until we are confident that meaningful gains are possible. In the excitement of a new project we must remain clear and resolute about our aim and why we are doing what we are doing!
More very interesting aerospace work. Unfortunately details are confidential except that this is a (discarded) model for wind tunnel evaluation… The experience we are gaining in this field has fantastic applications in boats and other vehicles, not to mention commercial drones.
Some more declassified shots of another prototype being readied for flight tests…
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 […]