超軽量動力機のための木製双フロートの設計と製作 (第1報)

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The wooden floats for the micro-light-airplane were designed after Cresswell Walker and built by hand. They were based on standard boat-building techniques and on plans simplified their hull shape in order to facilitate their construction with marine ply-wood. The design was assisted with three-dimensional computer aided design software and could be scaled to any displacement required. In this report, some procedures calculating the buoyancy of each water tightness compartment and the limit of capsize were mentioned. The building process of the wooden floats was explained in detail, some useful techniques were introduced. The construction of the wooden floats was completed in December 2006, and MAXAIR DRIFTER installing these floats succeeded in the water taxing.