Somewhat. ;) It indicates wether a vehicle is inclined to keep aligned with the direction it's heading (like car wheels lining up straight when...
Masalai: thanks. It is a lot simpeler than what you are building though... :o I hope this is coming near (or is) something a hobbiest could build...
This weekend I had some time to do some more designing. Here's the result: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] This design is actually fully developable....
Masalai, Thank you for the pictures. Although I will be making a tri-hull with the main hull in the water, and not a Cat, I do like the pod...
Rick, I see now what you mean with the curving. I'll have a look where I can apply it. I get the feeling I will be redoing the hulls for the 4th...
Rick, Yesterday evening I started with a copy of the latest design, and tried to get all the curves simpler, with quite good results. I...
So I should slim down the central hull and increase the size of the outer ones? That's a bad thing or a good thing? :confused:
I will try making the sides of the center hull out of two halves tonight. Maybe that will create simpler surfaces, which I later can join. Or...
I know. That's what I refer to as "stations"? If that's not the correct term (and confusing people), what is? I am Dutch, so I sometimes have to...
Yes, you're right. I have to look into this, and try to remedy these areas. However, I think building a boat like this, instead of a simple 5...
Well, here's the next version. After some fiddling about, I decided to work from the main lines of the previous version after all, but make...
Update: I've decided not to procede with this last version. It just doesn't have the appeal to me the first version had. I'm going to try and...
Ehm, I'm quite certain that "officially" it's the other way around. Dia before pitch. So a 13.5 x 17 is a 17 pitch. mralda said his engine...
I think you mean 13.5 x 17 ? ;) mralda: I think the 14.5 x 17 was a bit oversized for your engine. The 14.5 x 15 prop you tried came close, but...
Well, I'm designing the boat primarily for the sheltered waters that can be found a lot in The Netherlands. It's got to be able to sail swiftly...
Rick, I will look into both issues. I think (2) should be easy to fix. I'll have a look what happens if I curve the chine up at the bow....
Okay. Here's the first shot at a tri-hull then. As a picture says more than a thousand words, I'll start with those: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] The...
Rick, I think the next design will be a tri-hull then. :) I'll send you an igs when it's done, so we can get an indication of how well it might do. ;)
I thought fenders are the soft cushiony things you hang on the side of the boat when docking? :confused:
Hi all. I'm back (and happy for it ;) ). It looks like the thread was hijacked for a while :(, going off-topic and personal. I hope we can...
