My ideas My canoe isn't an IC, it is a very nice cold molded sailing/paddling canoe designed and lovingly built (Instrument quality workmanship)...
Back to the sailing foilers Rhough and Doug, Doug, Rhough has a point- look at Sam Bradfield's SCAT built at Multihull Technologies by...
The MM56CX hybrid DAT hydrofoil Stephen, Sorry, I did not answer your question about the MM56CX drag. I am submitting it to the whole...
Weeds, etc. Not all foil proponents for a particular purpose are 'rabid', but there are many specific applications that work, and work well with...
Yes, exactly what the JavaFoil results show for the main/jib interaction. Well put again, Tom Speer! There is also a nice discussion of this...
Mast Rotation I'll probably get in trouble here- aside from the fact that every case is a different problem in general, the fact that a sloop rig...
JavaFoil I found a post that had a reference to JavaFoil, Martin Hepperle's 'relatively simple' inviscid foil analysis program that will do...
Check out the design in the June edition, Number 190, Wooden Boat magazine entitled 'A High Efficiency Kiwi Cruiser' designed by Peter Sewel of...
When racing in any sport, pressing the gas as hard as possible is the right thing to do to win. It's trying to define 'as hard as possible' that...
Loading Thanks for all the feedback, Doug. I certainly agree with the 'people's foiler' concept. So far, I have really only been...
You actually won't get an argument about the joys of other types from me- first I am an E-scow sailor, have sailed Finns and Lasers and Stars and...
Loading Wow- definately a light man's deal with competitive Moth racing then- I weigh 185, not bad for 52 yrs....but my brother weighs well...
Main Foil area Doug, Just double checking here, what are the units for the main foil area you quote? In^2? This would mean it is only...
Sail Design Here is the Canoe sail analysis done in XFLR5. I want to find out if this analysis is valid- I think it should be, because for a...
Xflr5 I recommend you try XFLR5. See my posts in the Foiler Design Thread.
Sorry Agreed- foiling for some reason has been long overdue in catching on- people are suspicious of what they do not understand well....
Stats Sorry, it didn't keep the format from Excel intact very well- it looked good in the text window editing the post......
Just for comparison, here are some stats for boats I used to race with; Sail Area to Displacement Ratios for some classic racing Dinghies...
Control Sorry, forgot to talk control.... I absolutely love the wand design of the Moth's, and have been following Dr. Sam Bradfield forever....
Flying Canoe Doug, Actually, I have had a design for a flying catamaran called the 'Longbow 22' since the mid '80's, I just never enacted...
