I have seen some ...... who have been drawing up a high aspect ratio vector fin to reduce the wetted area coming close to what a second hull would be like...
..... there will be soon most likely at the end of february 06 .. a builders manual for the vfp25mc to buy in addition to the text available with the plan now...
hi Fritz, a question for you, may as well make it public. The fin in a VFP always has to stay in the water. Now if you have choppy conditions does this mean...
... a question for you, may as well make it public. The fin in a VFP always has to stay in the water. Now if you have choppy conditions does this mean that the...
..... now I would have a lot of fun .... sailing in choppy waters for a few hours across the bay or with a crew along a trade route flying the out rigger high...
what is the sail on the central hull for? ... but I am now working on a cruising version of this concept on the basis of the vfp 25 lwl that having only the 2...
.... why not have a flying proas ride in choppy seas as well ? and not having to care for it every second ? here we have this dream come true ! ... and now I...
...... the proadesign site has now been updated to have the new developments included > www.proadesign.com [Non-text portions of this message have been...
..... when ever you try to increase the overall beam of a multi hull ..... you have the problem of having to increase to clearance of the bridge deck too ...
....... carbon fibers are for most applications not only a waste of funds but will on shock loads not hold up as well as glass fibers and epoxy > since this...
...... you can now see ...... a drawing showing the use of glass bubbles in the files section ... when glassing you first use a regular mixture so the glass...
..... the popularity of cylindrical moulding has its orgine in the illusion ! that when you have the skin done you would be well on the way of having a...
..... to have really functioning life lines on a multi ...... they would have to be 3' high and sturdy enough to hold up when falling against ! think of the...
....... the fastest change of directions you get ...... not with one mast or one sail as you may think ! not with 2 sails but with 2 masts or better 3 ! to...
...... you can now see ..... the new tri mast double entrance ! vfp 30' w r 2e in the files section ! the then after mast will make the change of direction ...
...... if you want to combine the flying of your proa ..... with the comfort of just sitting there doing nothing for hours no steering no sheet trimming all...
..... a square proa ? the more beam you have ...... the less down load you will get from the reaction of the stability causing weight onto the main hull ! the...
..... in the files section of the proatech group .... you can now see some pictures taken while testing the 10' + rc vfp model well over a decade ago .... the...
..... if you put on a triangular mast sail .... in strong winds and get the wind from the wrong side > then you can sheet it from the stiff batten going from...
. ... I have been using other boating groups for some time now >> and am really shocked to see so much ignorance in this worlds population ... where the dark...
Hi.this is what Iexpeted Boys and there Toys model planes do not convert to full size plans also the other way around.the multihull movement which I was part...
........ I have been thinking ... for an even more extrem lenght > for the club vfp to sail around the world with > see it in " files " but it could most...