Subject: Re: [baidarka] Frame flex.
From: wolfgang brinck (nativewater@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Oct 13 2001 - 19:13:44 EDT
The skin adds a lot of stiffness to the frame.
Wolfgang
--- hispaniola <hispaniola@netzero.net> wrote:
> Ok, frame's done, gonna sew this weekend (though I
> try to keep my plans liquid
> as our first child was due Tuesday but decided the
> rent is still cheaper in
> the womb just for now) and just to see what would
> happen I put the frame on
> the ground in the driveway. I placed two 2x4's on
> edge underneath the boat,
> one about a foot and a half in from either end.
> Then I stepped into the boat.
> It sure did flex a lot. I know it's a little late
> for me to be worrying about
> that sort of thing, but how much is ok? and how much
> means it's time to worry
> that I just spent a lot of time building a boat I
> can't use? I understand
> that these boats are supposed to flex, but how much
> are they supposed to flex?
> Will it not seem to be so much in the water?
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