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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg? *PIC*
By:Reg Lake
Date: 10/18/2010, 1:56 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg? (Bill Hamm)

: Btw, eventually I have an idea for a dagger skeg, though it's
: damage prone it should result in much less drag since the skeg
: will always fill the slot either up or down. Having it closer to
: the cockpit, and away from the ends, makes it somewhat less
: likely to be damaged. Like all dagger boards the skeg has to
: break before the trunk does, so the blade has to be easy to
: replace, one of the tricks.

: There is another option that I've not seen tried, it's a pie piece
: shaped skeg, it too will always fill the slot. Downside to that
: idea is there can be little shape to the blade and still have it
: fill the slot. The dagger skeg can easily be foil shaped which
: should result in much less drag.

: Bill H.

Mine are pie piece shaped, but with a bite off the end. .040 clearance and the blade is tapered over its length. This is still evolving but I haven't seen anything better.

Reg

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Kudzu -- 10/15/2010, 2:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Reg Lake -- 10/17/2010, 12:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Kudzu -- 10/17/2010, 1:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
wwfloyd -- 10/18/2010, 9:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Kudzu -- 10/18/2010, 12:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 3:15 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 1:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Kudzu -- 10/18/2010, 8:02 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 3:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Kudzu -- 10/18/2010, 7:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 8:47 pm
epoxy . . . . *NM*
Dave Gentry -- 10/18/2010, 8:21 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Reg Lake -- 10/17/2010, 2:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Kudzu -- 10/17/2010, 3:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea *PIC*
Shark Bait -- 10/17/2010, 11:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Kudzu -- 10/18/2010, 7:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Another idea
Shark Bait -- 10/19/2010, 9:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Reg Lake -- 10/15/2010, 7:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Kudzu -- 10/15/2010, 10:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Reg Lake -- 10/15/2010, 11:49 pm
I've tried the skeg close to the center
Kocho -- 10/20/2010, 8:43 pm
Central Skeg Explanation
Reg Lake -- 10/21/2010, 12:09 pm
Re: Central Skeg Explanation
Shark Bait -- 10/21/2010, 2:42 pm
Re: Central Skeg Explanation
Reg Lake -- 10/21/2010, 3:11 pm
Re: Central Skeg Explanation
Shark Bait -- 10/22/2010, 12:27 am
Re: Central Skeg Explanation
Kudzu -- 10/21/2010, 7:52 pm
Re: Central Skeg Explanation
Reg Lake -- 10/21/2010, 10:32 pm
Re: Central Skeg Explanation
Kudzu -- 10/22/2010, 7:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/16/2010, 2:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Reg Lake -- 10/16/2010, 3:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/17/2010, 2:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Reg Lake -- 10/17/2010, 11:07 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 1:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 1:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg? *PIC*
Reg Lake -- 10/18/2010, 1:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2010, 3:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/17/2010, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Mike Savage -- 10/15/2010, 4:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Kudzu -- 10/15/2010, 5:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Offset skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 10/16/2010, 2:01 am