The self contained setup sounds good.....cheap is not always bad, just rebuild all the seals, etc. On all good designed hydraulic systems there...
water addict, The attached excel details the calculations for determining the moment arms, cg, and etc. There is a bit of a cost for this...
water addict, I have been working on a "Pipe Dream" boat for a year now, I have come up with a configuration using standard off the shelf...
Heavy Sulphation occurs when the battries are discharged below 50% and the usage has to be limited to a 50% discharge level. Also I mis-quoted...
Earlier, the battries are in series not parrallel....oops...
I have been reading the treads and there is a lot to consider..... The design I am working on does have a huge battery bank, the aux is electric,...
Guys, I have been working on my boat design (8.5m) for the past year and I have gotten to a point where I am evaluating a water heater....
jehardiman, alright cool stuff..... :D
jehardiman, This is lots of good info, especially for me, I have never been involved in anything over 48ft, and that was lofting from prints....
Gonzo, I have never built half models...., but I have built several models from autocad and they have been very accurate (taking scaling into...
Robert Gainer, Ilan Voyager really hit it on the head. (his post 8/31/04 @ 12:36PM) "Boats are moving three dimensional objects, it's very...
Par... One issue that I have been thinking about is the adhesives used to laminate the plywood together...? My concern is penitration of the...
I have been reading through this tread and I guess I would like to add my 2 cents ($)..... :) Where should the maxB be located, that has been...
If you want cheap injection molded is expensive....... The most inexpensive route I have seen is vaccumum formed. In terms of size, you will be...
Is it possible for you to post some of those pictures, maybe someone would recognize the hullform....?
That is a loaded question (lots of dependencies), I am an amature and I have been working on a 9.5m boat desgin for the past 14months... I...
Up to this point I have built models of boats that I have designed, like 1/10 scale, would build at 1/16 (lots of scaled parts, blocks, etc.) I...
Par, Please excuse the side slide in the tread....., looks like we just missed each others post by a minute or two... :) - I am wondering...
gonzo, Lumber is not marine or not marine. It is graded according to the way it's sawn, knots, splits, how it was dryed, humidity content,...
I am already using Smith Coat Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer (CPES) inside and out. I am not familar with this product, sounds interesting, go...
