Saturday, January 10, 2009

done

So the aussie flasheart design is done... sort of. feel free to email me if you would like the rhino file. note the bridle attachment point. i think its cool. wand mechnism: grearing is adjustable by a thumb screw. the front bung goes in above the pushrod exit point, under the cover.I thought of a neat way of adjusting the rake of the centreboard too, which is basically a stevo top rudder gudgeon for the centreboard, that the retainer pin goes through. a thumb screw at the front of the centreboard, just above the deck, pushes a rod back and forth inside the top of the foil and the pin goes through that. the rod would be like 50mm long and is held in there pretty well so the hole in the carbon can be elongated. it means your centreboard case needs to taper slightly, but the range of adjustment is no more than 1 or 2 degrees to accommodate all wind conditions.. just a thought. i think ill be doing that if i build another foil.

also had a glamour sail in 12-15 kts and pretty flat water at RQ, took my iphone with recently updated gps software and for the first time i could download my track. the data was pretty noisy, but i used excel to average it out and im pretty sure i hit about 20.5kts, my best average over 100m was 18.1. i was doing about 12.5 - 13 upwind, but not pointing very high at all. I might try again one day with a real gps. it really didnt feel that fast, and i think the boat has gone faster so ill keep pushing it.

^ i entered the seabreeze.com.au competition. i couldnt help myslef, the prize is pretty amazing. i reckon the dude with his hair on fire is a definite winner but.

fixed the mast, sort of. have been sailing without using too much vang or cunningham, and because it has two sleeves in it now its pretty much the stiffest topmast ever. so i dont really get a good leach anymore and hence the no pointing. im getting a new one.. just as soon as i go to work, earn some money and get paid, subtract bills and living expenses. i think i logged 6 hours this week so im not looking good.

finacial situation doesnt look good for a speedy build either, i might have to find a sponsor. though i am in brisbane, going to uni full time, its all a bit hard. anyway at least that gives me time to go over in my head the procedures and simplify it right down.

anyway thats about all, best of luck everyone at the nationals, hope you dont break anything, forget what hole it was in etc, hope your knots all stay tied up, and that the breeze is between 8 and 20kts the whole time and that the chop is less than 2 foot!

6 comments:

Ncik said...

Nick,

Do you have a link for the home-build CNC machine?

nick flutter said...

http://buildyourcnc.com/cnckit2.aspx

thats the one i had in mind. there are a few more expensive kits out there, but that looks like the go.
i think i read somewhere you can buy the cad file and the electronics, screws motors etc,and get someone elses router to cut out all hte other bits. save freight.

i think id also modify it for a bit more bridge clearance and more z travel.

problem is theyre so dusty! i realised i cant have one in my garage, even if its got a pretty good vacuum hood on it.

Anonymous said...

nick,

could u please send me the rhino file for your design as it looks good and fast and i would like to build one.
butterflyman01@hotmail.com

cheers josh

Jesper Teglhus Bang said...

Nick,

Very futuristic design. I have been thinking of building a boat something like Tiger on a chain, but this design is so cool, that it got me reconsidering. I would like a copy of the Rhino file for inspiration, if you can help out. Thanks in advance.

Jesper Teglhus Bang said...

Nick,

Mail adress: j.teglhus.bang@gmail.com

Tanks again,

Jesper

Anonymous said...

Nick, would you please send me the rhino design, it looks intriguing and i believe that it would provide a good base for construction of a moth.

my e-mail is: stollyodler3@gmail.com

thanks