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Re: This one? *Pic*
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 11/6/2002, 2:09 pm
In Response To: If you're going to make a rudder... (Brian Nystrom)

Hi Brian, thanks. Hey that's a good idea for a revision. I'm making the prototype pretty slowly/working through the bugs as I go. I can see how, once you have a functioning prototype, it might be easy to build something like this out of composites. I'm kind of curious how it deploys... maybe it's spring loaded with bungies. Now that is something I might like to try in the beta version: pull a line to deploy the rudder... let it out (slowly) and it flops back up on deck (or vice versa). On most of these projects I try to integrate almost every suggestion (or part of it) into the final design.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Homemade Rudder Update *LINK* *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 11/5/2002, 12:19 am
If you're going to make a rudder...
Brian Nystrom -- 11/6/2002, 1:10 pm
Re: This one? *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 11/6/2002, 2:09 pm
Yep, that's it *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 11/6/2002, 4:10 pm
Re: Nice rudder idea, or is it rutter? :\
Scott Ferguson -- 11/5/2002, 1:01 pm
Re: rutter
Chip Sandresky -- 11/5/2002, 1:40 pm
Re: Tinkering with new ideas is half the fun.
Scott Ferguson -- 11/5/2002, 3:02 pm