Carbon parts......
I'm going to build some daggerboards and rudders for my N5.5
What I'm looking for are foil coordinates or dimensions that I can feed into a CNC foam cutting machine. I'd rather lay them up over foam with a cabon spar, vac bag them and be done with them. The other way (moulding and joining halves) is a bit more complex, and not something I have the time to tackle right now. Anyone have a spare or beat up rudder or dagger they want to get rid of?
I'm also going to start moulding spinnaker snuffers soon as well. Paying someone $600 for a 75$ piece of carbon is ridiculous. I know their product is nice, but it just isn't $600 nice. Perhaps if I can make a few nice ones, it might drive the price down a few $$ and allow others to have a very nice mid-pole snuffer.
I have some intrest also for my Nacra 18SQ. Really I have thought about making Deeper, slightly more narrow rudders for the SQ meter, maybe even with with Ts on the bottom, like the Stealth. If you consider making some boards, I also would like to know. I do have extra Nacra blades that I could ship you if you need a template.
Steve Slagle
N5.5U - 18SQ
To answer your original question try www.dreesecode.com
I have used the program SNACK from this company for generating airoil coordinates, it is available as shareware from
http:/
Its pretty good for getting 2D coordinates which I guess is all a CNC foam cutting machine can handle, if it can cut more complex shapes (3D) could you let me know.
Good luck
Gareth
UPDATE
I've got cores being cut on a CNC foam machine this week. He's cut stuff out for me before, and the machine holds a .005 tolerance. REally accurate stuff (he does wing work for sailplane guys)
I should have the cores in my hands later this week. Spar will be harwood with carbon caps, with a kevlar wrapping for burst prevention.
After standing on my stock blades this past weekend, I knew I could make something stiffer.
Just wanted to give you guys an update.
Thanks to Ed Jones for sending me a blade to work with!
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