Lugger rudder
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Topic: Lugger rudder
Posted By: Riv
Subject: Lugger rudder
Date Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 5:50pm
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Yesterday I dropped our club's Drascombe Lugger rudder on my toe.
It's made from welded galvanised steel. Blade is 6mm thick. I would like to make it lighter so I don't drop it again. Does anyone know of a composite sheet material that in 6mm thick form will be strong enough and sink? ------------- Mistral Div II prototype board, Original Windsurfer, Hornet built'74. |
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 7:05pm
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carbon/Foam sandwich ballasted with lead [grin].
More seriously perhaps aluminium might be lighter and hopefully strong enough |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 8:00pm
I'd probably be considering taking more water with the rum ration.....  More sensibly why did you drop it, was it simply 'cos it was too heavy? As Jim C says ally is roughly ⅓ the weight of steel and should be plenty strong enough for a rudder blade.
------------- Spice 346 "Flat Broke" Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 8:57pm
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They are a hell of a weight. Not hit my toe, but laying them flat can go out of control if you aren't careful. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 9:27pm
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I'd look at an aluminium blade then, much lighter and reasonably cheap and easy for a local engineering company to make. If you need it to sink under it's own weight then I'd think it needs a density of at least 2.0 g/cm3, aluminium has a density of 2.7 g/cm3, steel is around 8.0 g/cm3. ------------- Spice 346 "Flat Broke" Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 10:33pm
| Anything with a density over 1g/cm3 will sink in freshwater... |
Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 6:04am
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Aluminium comes in many grades with varying properties of strength and corrosion resistance. Metalsupermarkets are an excellent source of information on all metals or any engineering firm capable of doing the machining should be able to suggest the correct spec. |
Posted By: Riv
Date Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 9:26pm
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The offending article. This is as it would be hanging under the boat. You can see the top bearing bottom left of the picture and the narrow slot the stock will slide down,  ------------- Mistral Div II prototype board, Original Windsurfer, Hornet built'74. |
Posted By: Brass
Date Posted: 03 Aug 20 at 5:02am
What a fearsome piece of ironmongery. |
Posted By: Brass
Date Posted: 03 Aug 20 at 5:05am
Do you think the top bearing engineering needs that weight to keep the rudder and its post properly seated and immersed? What would be the effect on fore and aft trim if you replaced it with alloy? Would you have to remove the half hundredweight CQR from the forward compartment? |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 03 Aug 20 at 6:42am
What an absolutely hideous thing. Surprised you didn't lose a toe. There must be a better way than that.!!! |