Subject: [harryproa] Re:: Re: Wing Sail Benchmarks
From: "taladorwood@yahoo.com.au [harryproa]"
Date: 1/6/2016, 7:11 PM
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harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au

 

Mike, "You're a braver man than I.  But then it's not the cautious folk who advance the state of the art, is it?"

I am coming at this sailing business from a different direction, Hang gliders, Reno Air Races, aerobatic sailplanes.  I swear that more than half the sailors I have met are pilots too. It seems like the old bold pilots become sailors. . .


Mike, " How about mounting the metal bearings inside a UHMPE bearing?  You'd have to replace the plastic every now and then, but that's the inexpensive part, and it's highly unlikely that both sets of bearings would fail at the same time.  Or you could go with metal on the outside if that makes it easier to replace the plastic."

I think you are right, the trick is to make the bearings easily serviceable and replaceable and then regularly service and maintain them. They are definitely critical components.

Talador

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