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Thank you for your through, David. The ceramic tiles of the Space shuttle are glued to the hull with a special epoxy. The temperature when entering the earth atmosphere was estimated at around 3,200
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Use the ECO 6. Beam as stated c/c means center line hull to centerline hull. The original has a c/c beam of 2,24m The overall beam is 2,84 m. Why do you want this over-beam (3,6m) I can not
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I like the design of the ECO 520 but it's a little shorter than I want. Would it be easy to extend the ECO 520 out to 6 meters (20 feet) length and add beam to 3.6 meters or would it be better to go
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It is highly unlikely that your boat is going to fall apart because the epoxy has overheated in the sun and softened to the point it will no longer hold the boat together. There are hundreds of
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Okay, before, here are more misunderstandings. Epoxy is a very stable material. It is a nuisance that this comes up again. Standard Epoxy. The standard Epoxy you will get from your seller will have
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Bernd Kohler
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Hello everyone, is this risk serious? I wouldn't want, one very hot day, for my boat to dislocate on the beach... :(
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Hi Curtis, These batteries are LFP pouche type. They came from a home back-up unit which was too small, and was replaced by a bigger one. Every of the 3 batteries is 300 Ah at 24 Volt. I'll use one of
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Jack, fascinating build photos. Thank you for sharing them.What are you using for traction batteries? Repurposed EV battery modules? What is the capacity?Thanks,Curtis
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Hi Bernd, I created my own e-drives with the uses of secondhand Suzuki bottom end outboards, and Golden Motor 3 Kw BLDC motors on top. Everything between the Bottom-end and Motor is home made by
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Thank you for the photos. What e-drives are this? Yours? Bernd
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The following photos have been uploaded to the ECO 85 Solar Power ( /g/K-designs-Multihull-Sailboats/album?id=270267 ) photo album of the [email protected]
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A true "sailmakers story" Some years ago, in the high time of the SC 435. A doctor was coming. When I buy a kit from you, can I build the boat in a month? The order was in. I made the kit. The doctor
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Bernd Kohler
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Hi Rod I keep my fingers for you crossed. Ha, point with a boat is, it is like a house and never finished. Have fun anyway. Bernd
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Very sorry to hear your disappointment because of the sailmaker's mistake. I do hope he corrects his mistake so you can sail in September. My sailmaker told me to expect the sails for my ECO 6 to
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Sorry to hear that.? Strange, I had also always problems with the sailmakers. Here in the South of France it is the same. Normally, till the end of October, it is okay to sail. I keep my fingers for
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Bernd Kohler
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He's editing it at his own expense and will deliver it to me by September. I was wrong to trust, I shouldn't have listened to friends it will serve me as a lesson.... even in September and October in
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Re: ECO 520 anyone building?
Some years ago, an SC 435 hull exploded in Rwanda. The hulls were in the sun. The Temperature on the hulls were over 150 degrees Fahrenheit (65.555555556 degree Celsius). If the Epoxy had been
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Bernd Kohler
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Hi Patrick Please do that. First, it is always interesting to see how a design is emerging. As you know, I also use photos to make sort of articles in Facebook's presentations like the Multihull
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Bernd Kohler
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Re: Duo 900 Italy
Hi Domenico This is terrible. I have no words about this sailmaker. I understand you very well. The sailmaker has to change this mistake pronto, now, yesterday!!! What now? Best of luck Bernd
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Bernd Kohler
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Duo 900 Italy
Hello Bernd, unfortunately, I was reluctant to launch the boat this summer not because of me but because of the sailmaker who got the size of the sewing rope wrong. He sewed me the 10mm rope and not
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