TIL a finished boat plan is more complicated that linux
all good points about free ... and points that could be made about the software world ... but things like linux/postgres/chromium/git/etc are open...
@TANSL ... exactly ... there are millions of free boat plans, half are kayaks/canoes ... thinking more of a complete design for something larger...
I work in the software world and open source traditionally has referred to software whose "source code" is freely available (there may still be...
thanks, I was wondering what the general losses were in the extra step ... sounds like a bit less than 10% in general? from a fuel standpoint, is...
that is the cutest tug ever ... looks like it should be in a cartoon
It seems that all the pod'ish diesel electric systems are currently for larger boats or ships, like the Volvo IPS or the Veth L Drive. Has anyone...
I have been playing around with Rhino3d/Orca3d ... was hoping to find something that would let me extract a general hull form (control mesh) from...
Great link ! I had not found that one. For the plates in the mobius link I sent earlier ... those are large/thick enough to not really be...
All the wheeling info I have found online for large aluminum/steel plates use very large english wheels (with a powered anvil wheel) ... but also...
Here is a pic of forming the plates from a Dashew FPB SetSail FPB » Blog Archive » Let The Plating Begin...