So why are the wings hinged anyway?
Less hassle when the boat's being towed.
In order to fit through the security gates between the dinghy
park and the water at my Sailing Club!
Reinforcement (thick black)
4 layers * 200 gsm carbon cloth plus two layers 400gsm biaxial
glass cloth (6* carbon on top surface of beam)
8mm 80gsm foam (blue)
Beam foam is similar density (red)
General layup - two layers 200gsm cloth on top surface, 1 layer
on bottom
Blue dotted line is radius of clear area for pivoting
Bearing tube is between existing main skins, end skin is
added afterwards.
Dig out foam from end of beam to level with outboard face of
pivot, replace with filler then add carbon round radius end (4
layers?) Also wrap 2 layers of carbon right round beam laterally.
Make sure there's adequate reinforcement under the bearing area
of the wing bracket to distribute loads evenly. Carbon/glass
tapered thickness patch probably best.
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