Re: [baidarka] Offsets question


Subject: Re: [baidarka] Offsets question
From: Bill Samson (bill.samson@tesco.net)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 13:39:43 EST


Hi,

It's common for boat designers to give their lines in terms of the inside of
the planking. This allows frames to be made directly from the offsets,
without having to allow for the thickness of the planks. Could that have
anything to do with it?

Bill

    -----Original Message-----

    From: dawgen <dawgen@shaw.ca>

    To: Baidarka <baidarka@paddlewise.net>

    Date: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:28 PM

    Subject: [baidarka] Offsets question

    

    

    Hello all.

    

    I've been digging through the spider webs in the closet lately and I found
a

    set of blue prints I was going to make years ago (Dyson 5 meter).

    

    I decided to do a complete computer 3d model of it. In the process I

    discovered that the lofted skin derived from the table of offsets provided

    didn't match the other parts of the boat. After some investigation (and

    double checking my accuracy) I found that the offsets must have been

    calculated using the center of the stringers instead of the actual outer

    surface of the tubes.

    

    I guess I'm wondering if my theory is correct and why? Has anyone else

    noticed this before?

    

    Cheers, Damien

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