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#252088 09/07/12 05:15 PM 09/07/12 05:15 PM |
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Posts: 2,490 On the Water | more porn . . . Sounded like the guy in the chase boat wet his pants.
Philip USA #1006 | | | Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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#252090 09/07/12 05:29 PM 09/07/12 05:29 PM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Well...Ben Hall did it a couple years ago on his A cat.
I don't recall pitch-poling to be a problem but maybe some of the A cat guys who raced against him can tell us why he eventually dropped it in favor of a tradional mast/sail combo. Here's some info on Ben's wing. Ben Hall's A cat wing http://www.mathran.nl/acat/node/23 Have a big bank account and a bigger ability to keep your boat pointy side up. Jay, with current design hulls I don't think the wing would necessarily force you into a pitchpole, but the extra weight aloft of it can cause pitching moment than can certainly help go glub.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
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#252093 09/07/12 10:21 PM 09/07/12 10:21 PM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | I would love to hear Ben's opinion of these AC boats rigs. Where is he now? Is he still racing A cats or is he busy building AC masts?
I did get to see his A cat Wing up close at Gulfport when he was there the year he was testing it, I was amazed at how quickly and easily he was able to step the thing. As he mentions in the aritcle, he tipped the boat up on it's side, next to his trailer box, and then just slid the wing out of the box and hooked it up. It was very quick.
I wish he had spent more time testing and developing it, has anyone seen it (the wing) lately?
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#252095 09/08/12 08:09 AM 09/08/12 08:09 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | He's still racing A's and very well at that. Doing the Hall spars thing. Just had them build some diamond wires for me. Oracle bought the wing from Ben before Dogzilla was built as their intro to wings. Word on the street is one of our own from this forum now is in possession of it. Here's a good thread on SA about A cat wings with some comments by Ben. http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=134280
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#252115 09/09/12 08:39 AM 09/09/12 08:39 AM |
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Can you imagine the loads when that thing stuffs?! Holy crap!
I'm boatless.
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#252116 09/09/12 09:13 AM 09/09/12 09:13 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | He's still racing A's and very well at that. Doing the Hall spars thing. Just had them build some diamond wires for me. Oracle bought the wing from Ben before Dogzilla was built as their intro to wings. Word on the street is one of our own from this forum now is in possession of it. Here's a good thread on SA about A cat wings with some comments by Ben. http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=134280 Thanks for the links and info, interesting stuff! I guess from a speed standpoint, it -might- be a little faster, but from a practical standpoint, having to drop it every night at a regatta, etc, and god forbid you land on it if/when you flip...it could get ugly! A soft sail is pretty easy to roll up after sailing, and it stores in a much smaller box, weighs less, costs less, etc. Still...those wings are sexy beasts!
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | You don't have to land on it ,just flipping can give you a very expensive , long term repair.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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Posts: 3,655 Portland, Maine | You don't have to land on it ,just flipping can give you a very expensive , long term repair. Given the nature of the new owner, I bet that the carbon specialists in his area are salivating :P | | | Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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#252121 09/09/12 01:16 PM 09/09/12 01:16 PM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | You don't have to land on it ,just flipping can give you a very expensive , long term repair. Given the nature of the new owner, I bet that the carbon specialists in his area are salivating :P Or his indentured boatguy/ crew has alot to sort out, if he hasn't already. My prediction is the wing will be parts for trophies in no time, but I hope I'm way wrong.If I'm not I want a piece.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#252132 09/10/12 07:54 AM 09/10/12 07:54 AM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | That wing didn't have the benefit of banana foils either when Ben was working with it (I don't think so).
Jake Kohl | | | Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | or if it did, it was super early with the curved boards
I'm boatless.
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#252143 09/10/12 09:44 AM 09/10/12 09:44 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | It didn't but.. I would think combined with the pitching moment the angle of attack of curved boards would change so much it could prove to be a hindrance.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#252144 09/10/12 09:55 AM 09/10/12 09:55 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Jake, You ready to get a CnC cutter to make Mike new ribs for that wing?
Mike, Nothing personal. I saw,first hand at the LAC, just how fragile those wings are. If you don't flip, you might be OK as far as major damage goes. It was rare for a wing to go out and not have to have something done to it when it came back. From simple Clysar repairs to loading it in the back of a pick-up bed in 100s of pieces.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#252148 09/10/12 11:37 AM 09/10/12 11:37 AM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Jake, You ready to get a CnC cutter to make Mike new ribs for that wing?
As long as he's ready for the ribs to come in 9" x 12" pieces (I am working on buying a 3 axis CNC engraver).
Jake Kohl | | | Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | From what mike told me... it ain't going on his A ... don't know if his plans are super top secret so ill shutup now. So, and F20C with wings?
Jay
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#252245 09/12/12 01:02 PM 09/12/12 01:02 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | From what mike told me... it ain't going on his A ... don't know if his plans are super top secret so ill shutup now. So, and F20C with wings? He doesn't have that anymore either...you really have to run fast to keep up with Mike!
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