What works and what doesn't. Share design ideas, references and contacts for paipo board builders.
CHRISPI
Big Wave Charger
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by CHRISPI » Mon Oct 21, 2019 9:12 am
I still feel foils will give better lift to drag numbers than parallel to water flow rails .This is also an experiment with vinyl wrap, I don’t know how long it will stay on. Its 10mm Airex foam core with 20 mm top and bottom polyethylene foam plenty volume, the vinyl wrap is epoxy to the polyethylene foam
krusher74
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by krusher74 » Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:22 am
You sure have some alternative constructions! Do you just test out samples and see what sticks?
CHRISPI
Big Wave Charger
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by CHRISPI » Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:26 pm
Yes stick, glue, weld stuff together and then rip it apart, there is amazing new adhesives and materials out there,example cars are glued together .
CHRISPI
Big Wave Charger
Posts: 340 Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:48 pm
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by CHRISPI » Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:45 pm
The only thing to stay the same on all my boards are my unique stainless steel leash plugs
CHRISPI
Big Wave Charger
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by CHRISPI » Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:56 am
Before I bin my lamination off cuts I always twist and break them to understand how they perform.
CHRISPI
Big Wave Charger
Posts: 340 Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:48 pm
City: Durban
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by CHRISPI » Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:18 am
Learning how to glue and laminate in this cold wet UK weather is an eye opener ,I had huge double garage work shop in South Africa I thought could not live without it but heating it hear would not make sense sheds work fine but you can’t collect junk, a tinkerer is only as good as his pile of junk
krusher74
Big Wave Charger
Posts: 842 Joined: Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:53 pm
City: easkey
State or Province: co sligo
Country: Ireland
Interests: Surfing, vintage cars and motorbikes
Location: Easky, Co sligo , ireland
Contact:
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by krusher74 » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:03 am
I just built a new shed
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Big Wave Charger
Posts: 340 Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:48 pm
City: Durban
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by CHRISPI » Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:55 am
Wow very nice .How you going to protect that car from the night time dew point
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