Re: Stock, non-beaching P19 rudder - fixed rudder flutter

SolarFry@aol.com
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:54:48 EDT


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
In a message dated 8/27/99 1:18:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, etj@nwlink.com
writes:

<< Subj: Stock, non-beaching P19 rudder
Date: 8/27/99 1:18:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: etj@nwlink.com (Eric Johnson)
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com (West Wight Potter Mail List)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Any chance anyone has an extra one of these? My rudder is in need of work
this winter and I'm thinking of going to the non-beaching version, since I
usually just pull the rudder off the gudgeons when i beach (or otherwise get
low on depth :) Is the non-beaching version a straight board or does it
sweep back somehow? a picture is worth 1000 words. >>

I made a fixed rudder at a slightly lesser aft facing angle and it flutters
too much at any speed above 3MPH. The faster you go the more flutter. (it
gets vicious at speeds over 5MPH. It needs same rear facing angle and
fairing as beaching rudder to keep flutter down. Beware of groundings...
They will pull gudgeons off...

SF