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Where is hull design going?
Hi
(William R. Watt) wrote in message ...
I've been trying to work out all the details for a 15 ft plywood sailboat
with a cabin on paper as an exercise. I don't plan to build the boat. It's
frustrating. I was able to make a cardboard model no problem. I have a
clear image of the boat in my imagination. Getting it on paper is a
challenge. Both the cardboard model and the paper plan are abstractions
from a desired reality but the model seems less abstract. I've done some
thinking on mathematical and other abstractions over the years. The best
ones have the simplest set of essential information.
Realy , -------- projecting a sailboat at 15 feet with a cabin I would
think is about the edge of what is even possible. Not that you can't
find some way to place a cabin and a rig and a place to handle rope
and rudder, but realy 15 feet for a sailboat with cabin is a challance
,that very few profesional designers would ever dare try.
I would suggest somthing like a canvas top , some clever idea where
you make the intire hull into cabin when you need a cabin and take it
away when the wind only shuld meet the sails not the cabin sides,
------ again 16 feet with a cabin and decent sail abilities ; I find
that almost impossible.
But about getting it on the paper and perform a scale model I don't
understand your trouble, ------ as long as you have a printer and have
software that will produce sections this shuldn't be that big a
problem, unless you make the most common foult, to use to thick
cardboard or don't prepare having the right small spanners or the
right glue. Did you try Aero Ply, that you must be able to find down
0.4 millimeter thick 3 layer ? It is a wonderfull material for scale
models, as you can produce the paneling in a thickness that work
"realistic" beside this type of model builder Ply is strong as steel
,can be cut easy and glue perfect beside you can sand it.
You realy want to make a scale model ,then do you fiddle with the old
methods or have you found some software that will do a complete
unfolding ?
P.C.
P.C.
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