Teardrop Profile Comparison

[aggie79]

As I was looking through my notes last night, trying to find some measurements I worked out for the next part of my build, I found this sketch I did when I was in design mode.



It is a sketch of many profiles from the design library and my approximation of the profile that Gern Blanston built (three times) shown below.



All of the profiles were appealing to me. I couldn't make up my mind, and hoped the sketch would show big differences in the profiles, but I was surprised to find that all were closer in profile than I thought.

In the end, the profile I used was very similar to the Gern's design, with a little "fuller" galley area and smaller radius at the bottom of the galley.



Gig'em, Tom

[S. Heisley]

Hi, Tom:

Surprisingly, when I opened this posting, that is exactly what I was thinking about, how nice it would be to see all the different shapes superimposed onto each other.

Thanks for sharing this.

[Classic Finn]

Hi Tom I really like the looks of that profile.

I,ll be watching the progress on your build with interest.


Classic Finn

[danlott]

As I was looking through my notes last night, trying to find some measurements I worked out for the next part of my build, I found this sketch I did when I was in design mode.

Does anyone have a larger picture of this one or has someone did something similar in a CAD program?

Dan

[danlott]

I decided to put some of the profiles on a Sketchup file. Here are all of the ones that I did on one picture. I did not label them and all of them kind of jumble it up, but I can turn off the profiles that I do not want to compare.



Dan

[danlott]

Does anyone have the layout demisions for the Cubby and Comet profiles?

Dan

[aggie79]

Dan,

Very nice work on the profiles! Sure beats that chicken scratching sketch I did. I think I may have some other profiles. I look for them later today.

Take care,
Tom

[eamarquardt]

I've found that with some schedule 125 1/2" pvc pipe and some conduit clamps it's easy to lay out profiles by clamping the pvc to a piece of plywood.

I'm not finished but this will give you the idea. The blue masking tape is for bulkheads, doors, etc.

Cheers,

Gus