I'll try pasting it here, format is lost but you should be able to figure it out. Mast and boom figures are pretty much a guess. This leaves me a little room...
I couldn't get near that price for Poulonia. Suspect rob can get much better prices on glass and carbon. Probably worth the freight. May have to wait on carbon...
when you say $19.9K is is Aus or NZ? and is this procuring the materials from Rob's guys to be placed on a container or procuring the matrials yourself? ...
That's Kiwi dollars. All I did was take the harrigami list and add 10%, then I went and priced the more expensive items locally. For the rest I increased the ...
Part of the problem is to know whether you are comparing apples with orangutans. That price for paulonia is raw planks, need to be dressed and cut. Don't know...
From my own minimal experience, it is more important to get reasonably accurate dimensions rather than finish as you are going to sand a lot of it away. If you...
Hi Robert and All, I'd think a HarryProa wuld be easily built in tortured ply technic for much less money, labor, weight. Any reason why it wasn't used? In it...
I believe there are a number of folks who would like to try tortured ply, cylinder moulding, and KSS construction, but aren't sure about how to replicate some...
By the time you buy good quality ply, resin impregnate with a protective glass skin and glue and glass joints, I couldn't get much cheaper and certainly not...
<< I actually prefer the resilience of the polycore to the strength of the Kiri as tests I have read indicate it is better under collision>> I think that kiri...
-You have longitudinal strength in triaxial where needed and extra uni in concentrated areas. A bit of movement in the structure shouldn't matter provided the...
<<You have longitudinal strength in triaxial where needed... Don't really see how a resin filled seam weakens the structure as it is part of the web of the I...
... integrity ... This is a good point. I have been trying to work out systems to look after that the KSS system is one method and the vertical panelling ...
By the time you buy good quality ply, resin impregnate with a protective glass skin and glue and glass joints, I couldn't get much cheaper and certainly not...
G'day First, a belated welcome to the group. Great to have someone of your experience on board. My first proa was tortured ply. Worked well. The first Harry...
Hi Rob and All, ... your experience on board. Thanks, I try to help where I can. ... actually bending ply (2 thick outer softwood veneers, a middle very thin...
Thanks for the detailed description of what you've been doing. If you want to find a wider-interest discussion group in which to post further details, I'd...
Oops. Got the Harryproa link wrong in the previous post. http://www.harryproa.com ... Thanks for the detailed description of what you've been doing. If you...
I would be very interested in hearing more about your Proa's, design and construction.... performance... lol... tell all... the more details the better. :) ...
The plan is to glass one side of the Polycore first to make it stiff enough to hold it's shape. The big saving will be the lack of fairing as it will come off...
G'day, The best way to buy kiri is in big planks and either cut it down on your own saw bench or get a timber shop to cut it. The finish off the saw will be...
G'day, Getting the mast and materials from us, maybe the beams as well will make shipping sense. Good luck with the real estate. Look forward to the...
G'day, No need to shape the edges, especially as there is a fair bit of taper on a lot of them. Polycore is indeed fascinating. It has a fluffy scrim bonded...
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