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Adventures in Lofting
cavelamb himself wrote:
Matt Colie wrote: cavelamb himself wrote: I thought I was a pretty good draftsman. At least until I tried lofting hull shapes... Buildings, machine parts, entire aircraft - no problems. But fairing a hull can be a humbling experience. Well, for grins and giggles, here are a few of my efforts so far. http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/draft.htm Richard Well Richard, This is no surprise to a third generation boat builder. The pictures look pretty good. It that first one your design? I don't like working with a baseline other than zero draft because I always get screwed up doing the TPI, trim and stability calculations. It does get a little easier when working on the lofting floor at full scale. The you can go back and correct the offset table. Matt Colie It's (supposed to be) a Catalina 27. Gee, I though it looked real familiar. Matt |
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