Decided to build a quadrant using 6# foam and glass. First I needed bushings for tiller shaft:
Cool the shaft in snow, then knock bushing off waxed shaft:
Foam quadrant shaped, with shaft bushings:
Glass built up on the business edges:
Glassing on the shaft bushing:
Rudder in kicked up position:
Cutting out aluminum for the gooseneck bracket:
Mocking up the steering using wood:
Cutting out rudder tiller arms:
Gluing them up:
Cutting the shape, using 7 degree Ackermann geometry:
Small fillet for glass to lay into:
Glassed on inside to 1/4" thick or a bit more:
Cut the grooves for the dyneema steering lines using a fiber masonry sawblade:
























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