Charles - no problem - feel free to take anything I say (apply any necessary pinch of salt) Dave/Theo - One basic problem with hovercraft is to form the...
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... <cut> ... Charles Have you tried looking at landyacht rigs? Some of the smaller ones use formers inside the luff of the sail around the mast. That being...
... A lot more recently - the 1970s - a lot of work was done both in UK and the US on oval section blown rotors for VTOL aircraft. Part of the attraction was...
... Yup, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged, and McDonnell merged earlier with Douglas, but I think the ex-Hughes Helicopters is still called McDonnell, but I...
Hi I'm enjoying the authoritative information about hovercraft. I am looking forward to seing an edited version in Catalyst etc. On a 'lighter' note, I once...
... Retreating blade stall is a big problem only at high speed, so the most radical (theoretically) was to lock the rotor at high speed, and to use a fixed...
The Canadian Avro Flying Saucer in the late 50's had the same problems I believe! ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband...
Well, I can't seem to find them either. Googling revealed these: http://www.ussailing.org/phrf/ Where you can order individual class polars and speed...
... Thanks, Ian, for your thoughts. I'm trying to listen to everyone who has a view to post/promote/exchange. From others' input oflate, I'd offer some...
... made a terrible noise on take off and landing...." ... I'm not at all sure that's right. Certainly the 'Buccaneer' had blown wings.... The 'terrible noise'...
Go for it, AYRS is mostly a "learned society", where information dissemination is the core activity the internet is the obvious way to do most communication...
Dear fellow AYRS members, Apart from developing Monofoil, Jon Howes and myself have been working on a radical new 'loop keel' for sailing yachts. There are...
Thamks for the information; looking (again) at your website leads to the question of whether it is possible to do a collapsible (i.e.reefable and stowable =>...
Hello Ruth, I have done a bit of research into flettner rotors, but have never designed nor built one. I am forwarding your request to the Amateur Yacht...
Robert Paynter Wrote on: 06 March 2007 23:53 <cut> ... <cut> ... We can't handle credit cards as the charges are too high to make it worthwhile. However you...
... If the loop keel has the same depth as a conventional keel, there may be a reduction in the induced drag. The aerodynamic analog would be a rigid wing rig...
Hello, We are organising with friends an old racing multuhulls "rendez- vous", here in Port Saint Louis , south of France et the mouth of the Rhône river in...
I am planning to be there from Saturday (10 ish?) am to Sunday early pm. Will bring own tent, but would like meals both days (No boat this time , but would...
... From: dave@... Date: 30/03/2007 19:49 To: <ayrs@yahoogroups.com> Subj: [ayrs] Fwd:Videos of bolt on foils that really work The May Week ( 14th to...
Hello, We organise here in Port Saint Louis a nice "rendez-vous" with racing boats for solo race, welknown by a victory on the atlantic ocean, moostly are...
hello, i hope someone can help. i am looking to contact someone called colin. i met him at thorpe about six years ago. he designed or at least help build a...
