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- | Loco Perro is Spanish for Mad Dog (probably) | + | Loco Perro is Spanish for Mad Dog |
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- | **March 2014** | + | |
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- | Decisions have been made on the first stage and Loco's prototype lifting foil will be laminated soon. The design philosophy is one of simplicity | + | |
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- | The front lifting foil will be mounted on the daggerboard 64cm from the top of the board (45cm below the hull, with provision for raising the board) and will be fixed, though provision and a plan has been made for adjustment at a later date if necessary. Adjustment of the pitch of the boat will be controlled by the rudder T-foil using a pulley system for coarse control and a worm gear for fine adjustment. Loco has a gantry which can freely hinge downwards if the T-foil loses positivity and this would tend to allow the bow to pitch down, however this will be mitigated by a powerful shock cord which should give the T-foil the grunt to bring the bow upwards gently should the rudder foil go negative. | + | |
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- | Here goes! We should hit the water with this by sometime in June. | + | |
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- | **September 2013** | + | |
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- | The nationals came and went. Beautiful sunny weather but not much wind. We have moved on from last year...just. Some photos below (If they' | + | |
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- | **The next phase is foiling** | + | |
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- | Quite a few boats in the Cherub class are looking at adding a second lifting foil which could see some boats lift fully off the water onto hydrofoils. Though the single-handed, | + | |
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