Warning: flak from the usual suspects is to be expected against biomimetic proposals. Has anybody here considered/tried filament-winding...
With a ton of money and a ton more engineers you usually get a lot of "let's machine the entire boat out of a block of tool-steel, that would make...
I was thinking that one could simply leave a lattice (protrusions would be on the fittings for the nodes) constructed of 5mm fiberglass rods in...
You probably used the wrong color roofing paint.
Road America ALMS 2011 had a Ferrari. Now it's some NASCAR team. Whatever. Who cares?
I was thinking about manual application of bundles of N filaments, instead of individual filaments. Maybe 'pegs' sticking out the nodes of a frame...
Which is exactly the point: shapes in boats are simple by comparison. I am probably not the only one that has come to the conclusion that PAR is...
I'm evaluating different processes that can be used to make boat hulls. Boat hulls do not have a complex shape, compared to e.g. this: [IMG]
However, it appears much simpler to triangulate the surface and use a sparse winding pattern that goes through the nodes, then use triangular...
Who said that? In context the idea is obviously to wind I-beam, tube, or hexagonal shaped filaments of various densities in addition to...
Wait! We're making a catamaran, right? So let's make the two amas in one go, instead. I won't tell you that there's a trick where you end up with...
Only as far as you know. One guy in MENSA wants the boat constructed from basalt fiber, because owning a floating rock is cool. Another guy has...
No, it explains why there was terminological misunderstanding. Some people have degrees in one field and are employed in another. Some people...
I have a degree in economics. When economists say "Diminishing Returns" they really mean "Diminishing *Marginal* Returns". I hope that clarifies...
Son-of-a-gun! :)
Having a grasp on the physics and other disciplines is good at eliminating the things that can't work, but not very unsuitable to determine...
I don't see why the method could not be used for asymmetrical shapes, as long a the shape is locally convex about the axis of revolution.
Or one could try something new. That's why I asked if anybody here has tried/considered a method that resembles an insect spinning a cocoon. Where...
This is my first post and I have absolutely zero experience in boat construction. I do however have tons of experience in perfectly (un)reasonable...
