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I am considering building a 32' trailerable tri so have been
considering various aspects of multis. Although I am not really worried about ending up upside down, some people are so........... Another useless idea. Have an airbag-like device near the masthead that senses when the mast becomes horizontal. BOOM, airbag goes off and suddenly you have a big floatation ball at the masthead with lots of righting torque. This would have very low mass because it does not rely on compressed air but on the same chemical gas generator thazt air bags in cars use. If you arranged the angular sensor so that it went off when the mast was more than horizontal, the angular velocity due to the righting torque might be sufficient to fully right the boat. Otherwise, it would just cause the boat to float with the mast horizontal. |
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