Good day to all of you. I have a 57ft wooden fishing trawler with LWL 0f 52ft under construction.t I have got a point that I need to design and build a rudder which conforms to best practices in the business. The chord length is estimated to be 2.6ft. I have got three designs in mind. The NACA-0012 foil, Thistle rudder, or combination of the two. That is adopting the trailing end of the Thistle to the NACA foil.
I have read that Dave Geer wrote articles on rules and formula/calculations to determine the size and shape of rudders. I have checked the archives of proboat.com but that information is no longer available. In my part of the world sometimes it is very difficult to get technical/engineering information.
I would appreciate if someone out there can PM me with information on rudder design by Dave Geer.
Thank you for reading this post.
Nabb
I have read that Dave Geer wrote articles on rules and formula/calculations to determine the size and shape of rudders. I have checked the archives of proboat.com but that information is no longer available. In my part of the world sometimes it is very difficult to get technical/engineering information.
I would appreciate if someone out there can PM me with information on rudder design by Dave Geer.
Thank you for reading this post.
Nabb