Added a couple more, plus some of the stuff in the garage. Any
questions, let me know.
rob
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Rob Denney <harryproa@gmail.com> wrote:
> As promised, some photos in the elementarry telescoping mast folder.
> Don't show much as so far it is just a carbon/foam/glass box with
> flaps on the back. Should be a little more to see tomorrow when I
> join the flaps. The 7.2m/24' central spar (100mmx100mm/4"x4") weighs
> 12 kgs/26 lbs, which is heavy, but stiff.
>
> Building in the garage is hard work. Can't make dust or noise, run a
> vac pump or open the door for fear of the neighbours whinging. Have
> to be out next Monday so the wife can put her car away. Tow is also
> very time consuming compared to uni. Allows much better tapering, but
> takes a long time without a wetout machine or infusion.
>
> On the bright side, I had some excellent help from Jeff (Vis builder)
> yesterday which sped things up and relieved the boredom talking about
> glow in the dark boats and other interesting things. Also found out
> that Katy (daughter) is a natural filleter! One pass, perfect fillet,
> no mess. Biggest drawback of epoxy is that she cannot help more.
> Actually, 2nd biggest. Biggest is that it doesn't cure if you forget
> the hardener. First time i have done this for many years.
> Fortunately a small batch near the end so easily removed and fixed.
>
> Next step is to join the trailing edge and put the track in, and add a
> lightweight (28 kgs/cu m polystyrene) nose piece which will have to be
> sanded/shaped very quickly, with the vacuum cleaner on. ;-) Also
> got to make some guesses about the batten stiffness and how the sail
> will be trimmed.
>
> rob