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Tiller Replacement

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Topic: Tiller Replacement

Posted By: fatjohnz
Subject: Tiller Replacement
Date Posted: 22 December 2013 at 9:15am

Happy Holidays All,
I need to replace my tiller and was wondering if you have a suggestion on where and what to order. thx, sj

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Posted By: frfletch
Date Posted: 24 December 2013 at 3:41am

Try shaping up some cheap EPS foam and laying it over with +-45 bias carbon fiber and include the extension tongues so that you can throw away the stainless steel bracket making the entire tiller one piece and weighing nothing. You will never go back!

Posted By: fatjohnz
Date Posted: 24 December 2013 at 11:48am

haha. you have the best ideas! I haven't tackled a layup like that before; got any build instructions? js

Posted By: Mike V
Date Posted: 24 December 2013 at 12:20pm

Check out sollar composites. They make carbon selves. I used them when I made a few carbon spinnaker poles.
http://www.sollercomposites.com

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Posted By: frfletch
Date Posted: 24 December 2013 at 12:32pm

Its a cooking day for me as I prepare for Christmas tomorrow, but after that I will write something up. Perhaps I will lay one up and take photos of the project if you are not in a hurray. I've built this thing in my mind a hundred times. Its going to be easy. Merry Christmas