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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
By:Yostwerks
Date: 8/12/2013, 11:55 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak (Gustav)

It appears there's "extra" skin between the hull plates, to allow for folding. How is that kept taught when the kayak has been assembled? Is it the keel's job to keep the hull at full extension, and the sliding plates only keep the hull straight? Or is there some locking mechanism for the sliding plates that I'm missing?

The keel and the "bending" tension on the plates keep the 2" gap of skin reasonably taught.

Tom

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Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 1/26/2012, 12:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Michael -- 1/26/2012, 2:15 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/26/2012, 4:48 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/26/2012, 4:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 12:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2012, 2:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 9:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
ancient kayaker -- 1/28/2012, 12:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 9:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 11:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Matthias -- 1/27/2012, 2:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 10:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Roy Martin -- 1/27/2012, 10:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 12:45 pm
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Roy Martin -- 1/27/2012, 1:33 pm
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Andrew -- 1/27/2012, 1:45 pm
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Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 9:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Paul Montgomery -- 1/27/2012, 9:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 1/27/2012, 10:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Paul Montgomery -- 1/27/2012, 8:02 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/27/2012, 8:10 pm
Our Hats off to Tom *NM*
Robert W. -- 1/27/2012, 2:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Pierre Baribeau -- 2/24/2012, 11:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 2/25/2012, 11:49 am
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Simon -- 2/25/2012, 4:14 pm
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Kevin McAtee -- 2/25/2012, 6:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 2/27/2012, 9:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 4:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 2/29/2012, 12:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2012, 1:45 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Michael -- 3/3/2012, 3:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 3/7/2012, 10:37 am
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Banksia Bob -- 3/9/2012, 12:45 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 3/9/2012, 9:11 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
BanksiaBob -- 3/9/2012, 8:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Gustav -- 8/12/2013, 11:00 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Falco Folding Kayak
Yostwerks -- 8/12/2013, 11:55 am