Erwan What I think you are saying is correct. A pin jointed beam of length 2L uniformly loaded along its length has exactly the same...
Ok, I see what you are up to. There is quite a lot of interest in 'soft' wing sails these days. I would suggest treating that trailing edge...
The online calculators sugested by Gonzo look good for getting a rough idea of the stiffness/deflection of a carbon fibre beam that has already...
If Solidworks and ANSYS are what you have available I would say that you already have an excellent (albeit fairly expensive) combination and I...
The method that Richard is suggesting is certainly interesting, so thank you for the picture and description. I can see that for a 'solid' grp...
Yes, I know what you mean! But I think it is all down to the control system, if the control system is 'good' enough then in principle it should...
Yes, but it would I think be feasible to mount the base of the tower on a two axis gimble arrangement with accelerometers feeding back to...
Ok, so what I think you are proposing is sets of 'teeth' on each side of each cross beam that 'mesh' with matching 'teeth' on the sides of the...
El Gringo - OK, so the bolts are vertical, not as I first imagined. Presumably each beam to hull connection has four bolts, two of which appear...
El Gringo, looking at your first sketch is seems that you propose to use four bolts at each hull to beam connection, the axis of each bolt being...
I felt I would comment since no one else has. To my non-professional eye it is a promising design well presented. Having said that, its not the...
I was also amazed to see this for the first time. It looks to be wonderful fun. Regarding the question of where the power comes from it looks as...
I think you could do with comment from someone who has studied the rules of the MiniTransat and has an understanding of the special requirements...
Goodness Michael - that looks a fantastic project - wish you all the best with it. I take it that what the photo shows in your shed is the plug...
I dont understand Leo. In a previous post here (which I cannot now find) I presented the graph below which I generated using your very own...
Having read what Tom Speer has to say in his last message I think I would want to see some further analysis before committing to this concept for...
I am slightly puzzled by the screenshot that the OP provides since this suggests that you would use the measure tool in SolidWorks to find the...
Yes, I think it must be feasible since the first boat I designed sails well (IMHO!) As for being just focused on the hull shape, I would say...
I have to be impressed Richard, but couldn't help noticing the 'almost' in the above! (just teasing)
Yes, I would prefer to do model testing with a larger model than the Skate, but I havent heard of larger models being available ready made and I...
