What's your opinion of a slightly heavier but easily transportable construction method using a Russian doll style setup? Either complete carbon or carbon structure and a light skin material?
Watched the last cocktail hour...completely disagree that it will cost $30k to build a wing sail. Infact I reckon it can be built for far less than the current rigs (<<$3k) when you include mast, sails, stays and controls.
What you've described is very similar to our current design iteration. More to come later, still some little bugs to iron out with some scale models.
I agree with your thoughts on cost. This isn't the America's Cup and building a wing for the cost of a whole hull is insane.
This is a great challenge for the moth designers. To make a faster moth without blowing out costs (infact maybe dropping them) is a worthy exercise.
Very glad that the consensus discussed in the cocktail hour is to let the development continue (if there is anyone actually doing it) and if the class sees potential then let it become part of the class.
Whether or not we build one has not been decided, it may be cheap but it is still challenging on many fronts.
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Do you mean wing sail or wing mast?
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ReplyDeleteWhat's your opinion of a slightly heavier but easily transportable construction method using a Russian doll style setup? Either complete carbon or carbon structure and a light skin material?
ReplyDeleteWatched the last cocktail hour...completely disagree that it will cost $30k to build a wing sail. Infact I reckon it can be built for far less than the current rigs (<<$3k) when you include mast, sails, stays and controls.
What you've described is very similar to our current design iteration. More to come later, still some little bugs to iron out with some scale models.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thoughts on cost. This isn't the America's Cup and building a wing for the cost of a whole hull is insane.
This is a great challenge for the moth designers. To make a faster moth without blowing out costs (infact maybe dropping them) is a worthy exercise.
Very glad that the consensus discussed in the cocktail hour is to let the development continue (if there is anyone actually doing it) and if the class sees potential then let it become part of the class.
Whether or not we build one has not been decided, it may be cheap but it is still challenging on many fronts.