It only sounds complicated because it is difficult to explain!
By creating the facet cuts you end up with a perfact tip shape. I did the
estimation
method on my rudder tip and I am still not happy with it!
You can see the principal behind the method by drawing a box, divide it into
sixteen
squares then draw a quarter circle to link top left and bottom right. A bit of
simple deduction shows
which bits need to be removed in order to approximate the curve.
The total cutting job takes under an hour for the complete tip.
Tony
wrote:
> This sounds too complicated for me!
>
> When I was doing mine I went though all sorts of menal contortions about the
tip
> shape, but ended up with the realization that 'if it feel right, it is right'!
>
> Rely on how it feels when your hand passes over it.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Peter
>
>
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