An important difference between the Tornado and similar sized modern cats is that the tornado has an overall beam of 10 feet. Almost all...
While this and Jehardiman's is the most likely interpretation of the the words "increasing the sheer", it could also mean that the sheerline was...
It means a frame, as opposed to a bulkhead, which forms a closed ring. That is, it supports the hull sides, hull bottom and the deck.
Yes, that's how I imagined you would do it. It could be quite a flexible system. The foils could be both fully deployed in marginal conditions for...
Doug, That's a much better arrangement than the reverse curve foils you had previously. You could be on to something. I envisage that you could...
Doug, Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK the Hobie foils are toed inwards, i.e.the opposite of your system.
Doug, The windward Hobie Trifoiler foil is not the highly loaded one, and may be, as often as not, producing some downforce. Note also that the...
Doug, It should be simple enough to do an analysis of your reverse curve foil, to see if there was any real benefit to it (I'm not volunteering...
Firstly, one of the issues with the current crop of wings is that they have two elements, not two surfaces as you have incorrectly interpreted....
I've though of a few alternatives, pins included. A pin is more expensive, something else to loose, and would be more fiddly to fit in place on...
The design (so far) has a sleeve inside the CB case which is inserted from underneath and locked in place. A small faired flange spreads the load...
Doug, What is the theory behind the short flap?
It depends. Firstly, if the sails of the multi masted rig are sufficiently separated that they do not influence each other (and they would have...
Regarding wind speed, if you are talking about wind gradient, there should be more for a Moth than there would be for an AC boat, as the effect is...
This is the sort of problem where you need to do a lot a number crunching to to assess the trade offs. If there were some benefits to be gained...
Chris, The point of the slotted flap is to delay separation. Therefore you should be able to use a thicker section (more camber) than you could...
Doug, It is not completely clear from the photos of Adam May's wing if the slot is intentional, or whether it is a construction issue. It is...
I was one of the protagonists on SA claiming that a slotted wing is a two sail rig. Personally I would love to see the Moth used as a vehicle for...
There has been some discussion at various times on Proa-file (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file/) about "monoshunters" or "monoproas". One...
Chris Maas tried it as well, (on "String Theory" I think), but did not stick with it. Among other things, I think he said that the foil affected...
