I saw the conic sections.

The idea of assembling pieces is less attractive than a larger monolithic piece, to me.

The set up and waste, time costs, and weight of smaller pieces, and their joints, seem, to me, to make the building of a simple, larger mould attractive. Not to mention the effort of temporary frames.

A single larger infusion seems better in every way. So, why not do that?

Do you think it is hard to get a big mould sheet to curve like you want to do an infusion on it?

When I look at Rob's shapes I see easy to make curves and easy to infuse large parts. And that makes sense, doesn't it?

On September 22, 2019 4:28:58 AM UTC, "bobg3723@yahoo.com [harryproa]" <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
| "Its just like a flat panel, only curved"
| That how I had envisioned the cabin curves of my WIP design, which
| uses conic sections. They're what would be referred to as
| "developable", since they either follow the curve of a cylinder or a
| conic section. The forward and aft ends of the cabin are similar to
| Saab 99 windshields in curvature..
|
|
| But, what if, and that's a big if, the curvature is gentle,
| especially along it cabin long side is enough to that an already flat
| made infused panel and bend it to fit like in the video I uploaded in
| Flat Wrap? That would save me from building a form. Just bend them
| along temporary frames. Of course, I would find out the limits of
| bending them to conform to the curve of a conic section in the
| process and that's an unknown factor to me.