Well, it was close but mass mattered. My boat (red) had a mass of 26g and was second fastest that day. The winning boat (the other one) weighed...
Good to know. I will try installing a food wrap sail and compare it with my current waxpaper sail. Waxpaper is very light and has nice stable...
No worry, I am not making it too complicated. I rather try many simple variations and test tun the boat 200 times -than spending too much time on...
That would not be allowed. Needs to be sail powered.
So, I got a pretty fast boat now. I will post a picture after the race. I would like to know one more thing: We are racing downwind. Is it better...
That makes sense. The boat may want to turn around eventually so the wind pulls the hulls rather than pushes them. I will try both and see what...
Interesting idea, I will try that if needed.
Why the sail forward?
Thank you for the interesting answers so far. The catamaran I am working on has hulls that are as long as allowed (which turns out to be 30.5cm...
I want to win this race at my school this year (some teachers are terribly competitive) and I want to milk someone's brain about hydrodynamics for...
