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Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 2/29/2016, 9:50 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question (T Duncan)

SOF designs actually look pretty simple, but the designers had pretty good reasons for the design - not at all obvious at first.

I actually looked at raising the bow of a Yost EXP15.
Decided to just add extra stringers on top of the gunwales to keep the boat in the proper shape.
After the experiment I decided to not mess with it, because I had a lots of extra patches to support the upper centerline of the skin. The boat just got heavier in the bow. And it didn't look that much different.
No-one but me could tell. Kind of deflated my ego. :)

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/26/2016, 2:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/26/2016, 4:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2016, 12:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/28/2016, 2:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 5:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/28/2016, 6:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 8:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2016, 12:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
T Duncan -- 2/28/2016, 10:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 1:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question *PIC*
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 10:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 11:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question *PIC*
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 11:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/29/2016, 8:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 9:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/29/2016, 9:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/29/2016, 10:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 3/1/2016, 8:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 3/1/2016, 9:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 3/1/2016, 9:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 3/1/2016, 4:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2016, 12:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/29/2016, 8:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 5:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2016, 12:28 am