Unidirectional (UD) Ultra High Modulus (UHM) 250 g/m2 carbon which will go into the skins of our IOM fins.
Boston from the sea
Part of the excellent public transport in Boston is a boat from Long Wharf which goes south down to Quincy. A nice way of seeing Boston from the sea, and part of the islands outside the city.
Boston, Massachusetts
Pikanto plug painted
The parts of the plug have been glued together, painted, and sanded. We should be ready to lay up the moulds in a few weeks.
Links - March 6, 2009
Berlin pictures
Some Berlin pictures (the Charlottenburg palace and gardens) I found in my phone from two weeks ago.
Links - February 27, 2009
Finngulf 39 radio yacht
Markku Siivinen from Helsinki, Finland, has built two of these exquisitely detailed 1:10 Finngulf 39 scale models. Length 140 cm, height ca 180cm, beam 37 cm. They weigh about 9.5 kg of which 4 kg is in the keel.
Pikanto MDF plug
The final MDF piece for the plug was milled today.
Links - February 20, 2009
- A Really Cool Messier Object Log -
- Chemistry and Physics Videos -
- Which entry level full frame dSLR camera to buy? -
- Impact factors and Physical Review Letters -
- Defining Science -
- Experimental physics rules to live by? -
- Watch Educational Videos Offline with YouTube -
- On this, the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth -
- GPeerReview - Is Google Changing Science? -
- New vodcast from Sky At Night Magazine -
- New baby: Baby Q -