Roll on the 20th June

[Fred Flintstone]

@smoky2 - "wether or not this is "OU" depends on your perspective i suppose. "

So you do not sound too excited to have figured out Archer's fulcrum. Does that mean that the fulcrum will not solve the world's energy crisis? Can it not be automated to produce power?

Freddy

[dirt diggler]

@smoky2 - "wether or not this is "OU" depends on your perspective i suppose. "

So you do not sound too excited to have figured out Archer's fulcrum. Does that mean that the fulcrum will not solve the world's energy crisis? Can it not be automated to produce power?

Freddy

You got it Fred, now give Barney  and BamBam a call and get them to start building

[ramset]

well had a long ride home thinking about carbon fiber masts and spectra rigging if I can lift 1000 lbs with 40 lbs ten feet in the air [total weight lever and all] would that make anyone happy   Chet PS after all it is just a stupid lever

[dirt diggler]

well had a long ride home thinking about carbon fiber masts and spectra rigging if I can lift 1000 lbs with 40 lbs ten feet in the air [total weight lever and all] would that make anyone happy   Chet PS after all it is just a stupid lever

Be careful Chet,  those carbon masts, although very strong, are made almost exclusivly for compression forces.   almost all the loads on a sailboat transmit straight down the mast into the keel, very little bending because of the standing rigging.  make sure you really brace it well with some tension wires.

I'd hate to see you get hurt this close to the finish line.

[ramset]

Diggler  very true   little   yield to failure [SNAP] thats the job of the spectra and tha high density closed cell foam [inside] been offshore racing light weight cats 40 ft for along time   a very very harsh test bed hav'nt seen Newton out there much at least not  with a hightech rig [shouldn't have said the last part]  Chet