IMCA Forum

karlwittnebel wrote:

Re: shipping, I can see people rocking up to the site with a leading edge and a flatpack CNC kit, gluing it together with plexus, and putting a skin on it for the event, but perhaps I am oversimplifying the rigging process of the assembled wing controls. Perhaps there is a way to assemble where the frames are not permanently bonded to the leading edge, and the skin holds it all together.

Nice forum Doug! Would be nice if some of the top guys would chime in once in awhile...

Karl

I'm no "top guy" ... but, having seen these up close.

You could do something like that quite easily If you had some "stubs" that the frames bolted to. This would, of course, come at the expense of extra weight.

I don't think that the issue is really about "events" but more the day-to-day trailer transport and club racing scenario, where you don't want to be re-skinning every week.

There is a guide I have written here ...

http://www.teknologika.com/mothblog/home-building-a-carbon-moth/

Doug,

In the example cited in Australia the boat was driven by either Rohan or Amac. In Geelong, Rohan was working as a Bladerider team only support, and as a between race R&R point for Nathan.

Also a lot of races on on the harbours in Australia are quite a long way from shore, sometimes 30 mins or more to sail out to the course, so that would be a 1 hour return trip (It was today at Belmont)

ISAF rules re support boats only apply 5 mins before the start (if I recall correctly), other than that, you can pretty much do what you like.

The new version of the catchpa is working now.

this is a test