Neil’s Blog

We decided a while ago to make our own fabric sails for the tail section instead of waiting for someone to make them (The main-wing sails however are pretty complicated to sew, so we’re using a used one for now). Hal (pictured below) spent a few days making patterns for the vertical stabilizer, and today sewed it up out of 3.9 oz Dacron fabric and UV-resistant thread.

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Hal test-fitting the sail:

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A picture of an old B-model for comparison:

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