In the past Chauncey Griggs one of the first sucessful winged iceboats attemted to assimulate into the A Skeeter class. He had racing sucess in certain...
Hi John, I like the idea of a one design class but be careful writing the rules. I race sailplanes as a hobby and the tweaks made to formula classes are ...
A few boats would have to made and sailed to get the bugs out first. I would like to see the one design rule as per plans with no changes like the Renegade...
Agreed! If Greg did nothing else, the printable rib templates would be a great addition to the plans! In fact I think the rib PDF should also be in the hand...
I vote for the simplest of rules such as rigid wing, 79 sq.ft. max. After all the WD stands for Wing Devleopment. There are so many possible ways to make a...
John, what do you wear for a shoe size, and what do you wear for boots when ice boating? You cockpit hight seems marginal for me. I wear a 10.5 shoe. It...
I've got some old plans for a 1981 rumble seat A skeeter. There are quite a few of these type of boats out there that are'nt as competetive as they used to be....
Thanks John All praise most welcome :0) I'm running a little slow this week because my daughters are on half term holidays :0( but I'm still working on things ...
The reason for the two alternative trailing edges is because I want John to choose which he requires in the final drawing. The ones with the flats on the sides...
John, You already have plenty to do, but when you are caught up and are looking for something to do, how about drawing up plans for your side- car? Pretty...
Sorry, but I don't follow. Do you mean "rib" instead of "spar" in the previous message? At any rate, I didn't interpret the flats version of the TE stock in...
I have added a temporary new A3 drawing to explain how I arrived at the problem I see, hope this explains what I'm getting at Greg ... it ... has ... rib ... ...
There are a couple of things that worry me about the wing layout. Raking the wing back seems to cause a couple of unintended side effects, but maybe the effect...
Thanks, NOW I understand. Part of it was just my confusion with terminology. You called the TE a spar, I called it TE stock. So With the use of the CAD...
I undestand what you are saying. But the rake is not that much. I ended up putting in rake on Wingnut 1 to balance the boat and it didn't seem to matter. I...
I'll buy the negligible affect argument. And I certainly wasn't arguing not to balance the boat. Rake is almost required. Without rake, it would push your...
Greg can we make some adjustments on the trailing edges? Here is my thoughts . The trailing edges with the flat spots on the sides are a dangerous shape to cut...
So Greg, what do you plan to do when you build? Won't it be kind of a pain when working with metric wood dimensions? If you redraw the ribs to use standard...
To back up Johns point of view, I also cocidered this . . . . the top and bottom ribs of the wing represent the true shape of foil the wind sees, and for...
The drawing was worth the effort! were on the same wavelength now! :0) I can redraw the ribs and extend them bacwards to take into account of the shortening of...
Yes Dave it would, it sounds mad I know but I'm working in metric because I can't think in imperial, its a bit of a chore converting everything first but I'm...
... The okume plywood I buy is sold as 3mm and 6mm 1/8'' and 1/4 or close enough. I have a feeling your solid wood is all imported. I imagine some of it comes...
If there are any changes, they should be cleared through John, not me. The concern I suggested has serious changes in all the templates! - TE dado has to be...
When creating the drawings I have been working to four decimal places to ensure that the metric and imperial equivelant measurements are the same as the can be...
I agree wholeheartedly on all counts, though I think you may have missed my point. Imagine a cutting out a wing from foam where the former(our true foil ...
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