SEASONS
GREETINGS FROM FRANCOIS AND JACQUES
THE
REPAIRED WING OF THE ORACLE AC72
THE
REPAIRED WING OF THE ORACLE AC72
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| ©François Chevalier 2013 |
NZ Core Builders Composites has sent the wing of the second Oracle catamaran, which set off from Auckland enroute to San Francisco on Christmas! It will get new flaps and be fitted on the restored cat that will be re-launched next February.
If the hulls of the catamaran appear to have some shortcomings – very narrow forward profiles and lack of transverse stiffness – their aerodynamics and finishes are particularly successful.
With respect to this wing – its thickness, simplicity, flexibility, form and profile – improvements can be seen.
Oracle Team USA’s second cat – with new wing and hulls – is well under construction. We will certainly make a comparative analysis when they are revealed!
If the hulls of the catamaran appear to have some shortcomings – very narrow forward profiles and lack of transverse stiffness – their aerodynamics and finishes are particularly successful.
With respect to this wing – its thickness, simplicity, flexibility, form and profile – improvements can be seen.
Oracle Team USA’s second cat – with new wing and hulls – is well under construction. We will certainly make a comparative analysis when they are revealed!
MEILLEURS VŒUX 2013 DE FRANCOIS CHEVALIER & JACQUES TAGLANG
L’AILE DE L’AC72 D’ORACLE RÉPARÉE
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| ©François Chevalier 2013 |
Le chantier
néo-zélandais Core Builders Composites a reconstruit l’aile du futur defender de
l’America’s Cup et a pris la route pour San Francisco à bord d’un cargo ce
Noel!
Elle
recevra de nouveaux volets et retrouvera le catamaran réparé et remis à flot
début février 2013.
Si
les coques du catamaran présentaient quelques lacunes - trop de finesse sur
l’avant et manque de raidisseurs transversaux - l’aérodynamique et les
finitions étaient particulièrement réussies.
En
ce qui concerne cette aile, la finesse, la simplicité, la souplesse, la forme
et les profils sont ce qui se fait actuellement de mieux.
Le
second bateau, aile et coques sont déjà en construction. Nous ne manquerons pas
de vous faire une analyse comparative.
