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Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/14/2012, 9:53 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders (Kirk Briggs)

: I have been thinking of a light weight retractable rudder with as
: few of moving parts as possible. I have a idea. I will have to
: make a model.

A greenland paddle works very much the same way as a wing paddle, though with a much smaller surface area the cadence needs to increased. No reason it won't work.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Kirk Briggs -- 9/10/2012, 9:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Kirk Briggs -- 9/10/2012, 9:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Craig Robinson -- 9/10/2012, 11:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2012, 1:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2012, 1:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Kirk Briggs -- 9/11/2012, 7:50 pm
Retractable Rudder *PIC*
mick allen -- 9/12/2012, 12:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Paul Hansen -- 9/13/2012, 1:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Kirk Briggs -- 9/13/2012, 7:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2012, 9:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Kirk Briggs -- 9/15/2012, 6:08 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: surf ski rudders
Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2012, 2:14 am