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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: December 2011
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Monday, December 12, 2011. Brandon from Tasmania chatted me up last week about how I rigged my spinnaker pole. Since I typed everything up to him, I thought I would post it here for anyone else that is curious. Here are some pics to clarify the prod rigging (I hope) on pipedream using the c-tech spin pole with inner and outer sleeves. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is the i550. Visit the i550class.org. For news, information and forums.
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: Let's all come together
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Let's all come together. I had quite a weekend and I'll break the progress into a few posts. First step was to glue the foam core together around the bi-axial spline. The trick I used here that worked really well was to use straight pins to hold the parts in place. The steps I used went something like this. To mount the foam core in the stand I used 4 long (3" length) screens and some gorilla glue. I'd recommend the glue for su...
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: Rudder #2 - Step 1, the plan and the cores...
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Thursday, December 9, 2010. Rudder #2 - Step 1, the plan and the cores. Finished foil will be 57" long with 42" below the water line which is about what the plan calls for and what my first rudder was. This rudder is designed with a symmetrical taper a little less aggressive than what Chad used for his rudder. Chad's first blog entry on his rudder can be found here. Project or plane: Rudder #2. Core: 2 piece, 2.3# Spyder foam. Panel Length: 21.0 / 40.0. Setba...
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: 2010 i550 US National Championships
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Monday, September 27, 2010. 2010 i550 US National Championships. With 5 points over 4 races. Jeff was just 2 points off the pace. I had good starts and good upwind speed by couldn't hold on for better than 3rd. Here is a shot of PipeDream with the spin up and looking pretty good. Concensus is that the luff is a touch short. We had the spin halyard eased about 18" and that gave us a better shape. Another thing to work on and figure out. What is the i550. 087 b...
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: May 2010
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The good, the bad and the ugly. So Tuesday was a great looking day and we decided it was time for a shake down cruise. I have to give full props to my 1st mate who put up with the tedious process of figuring things out for the first time over and over again. With a few repetitions I think we'll trim considerable time from our arrival to launch time. It was a day of way to many firsts. But you have to start some where right. Subscribe t...
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: December 2010
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Thursday, December 9, 2010. Rudder #2 - Step 1, the plan and the cores. Finished foil will be 57" long with 42" below the water line which is about what the plan calls for and what my first rudder was. This rudder is designed with a symmetrical taper a little less aggressive than what Chad used for his rudder. Chad's first blog entry on his rudder can be found here. Project or plane: Rudder #2. Core: 2 piece, 2.3# Spyder foam. Panel Length: 21.0 / 40.0. Setba...
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: September 2010
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Monday, September 27, 2010. 2010 i550 US National Championships. With 5 points over 4 races. Jeff was just 2 points off the pace. I had good starts and good upwind speed by couldn't hold on for better than 3rd. Here is a shot of PipeDream with the spin up and looking pretty good. Concensus is that the luff is a touch short. We had the spin halyard eased about 18" and that gave us a better shape. Another thing to work on and figure out. Links to this post.
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: Some skin in the game...
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Friday, March 23, 2012. Some skin in the game. The rudder is starting to come together. And the lamination took a serious family effort. All four of us were mixing epoxy, wetting out the carbon on the work bench and laying it out on the rudder. The process basically goes in 5ish steps. They are something like this. Flying foam cut core cut from spyder foam. at 2.3 pounds per cubic foot. 1 twill - full length. 3 uni 27" x 6" strip at max width. Step #2 - get e...
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pipeDream - i550 in Chicago: Now the fun part, Sailing!!!
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PipeDream - i550 in Chicago. In a larger map. Thursday, June 10, 2010. Now the fun part, Sailing! A My jib was too long. This made de-powering the jib pretty impossible. B My jib tracks are a little to far aft at this point. I think this will vary with sails too. C My tiller still needs some figuring out. It sits too low and the extensions kept getting messed up. Part of that is just being tidy which we didn't take the time to do. Some have said that the I550 is slow upwind. What was your experience?
