Hi Guys
Inspired by experiences with the X200, I am opting to build a larger monohull to be used in other catamaran designs. This monohull may form the foundation of a larger version of the X200. The targets are as follows.
1) LOA 900mm.
2) Draft 100mm max.
3) Displacement about 8Kg.
4) As few parts as possible.
5) SLO construction (Straight Lines Only) - easy to cut and assemble.
6) No single part bigger than A3.
With the aim of learning more about cardboard as a material I have chosen 1,8mm card for the frame and 0.65 mm card for the skin. The 0.65mm I used for the X200 gave me some big problems. It is coated on one side and not on the other. The wood glue I use is strong and in several cases I had to make new parts as the glued on bit actually peeled the coating off the card. This will not be the case for the future. I will only be using non-coated card. Coated card is hereby FORBIDDEN here. My printer will not accept card above about 0.5mm, so the only course of action is to print on ordinary A3 and transfer to the card using carbon paper - using light glue to glue the paper to the card is not an option. So the SLO construction is meant to ease that burden too.
I have named this project Monohull B.
