finally a rudder for the tempo

[craig51063]

Well with xmas over i was up at my inlaws place for a few days......

yes its right on the water coooool

so lets build a rudder .what will we use ,i know lets use cardboard

looked good but it didnt survive in the water so back to the drawing board

so then we cut out some aluminium that my father inlaw had lying around aproxamatly 140mm wide and 270mm long and bent it

3mm marine aluminium

[craig51063]

We then added some nylon supports which doubled as conectors

attached with stainless screws

we then attached a right angle because we needed a tight bend and the aluminium could not bend this tight

hmmm is this going to work

added some more nylon

arhhh this going to work

[craig51063]

added some more nylon to use as bearings , cut out a rudder

attached t peices to the top but i didnt like it so was removed

atached the rudder with more nylon

2 u shaped brackets

and a big stainless bolt

t peices removed stainless sadles attached

[craig51063]

Then went to work on the pedals

this is the semmy finished product

cut out some pedals and attached to 2 brass hinges per side .bolted through to aluminium plate suports inside the yak .

drilled 2 holes for the stearing rope [ 4 mm spectra ]and tubing and 2 holes at the back for exeting ropes. also attached rubber matting front and back to waterproof entry and exit stearing holes .

notice the tubing

added some turn buckles [ not needed ]and some heavy shock cord to the pedals so that pedals atomatically return to centre

just needs a tidy up

this project took over 3 days to compleat ,at a cost of about $20 [spectra]as everything else came out of my and my inlaws garage.

it works an absolute treat
can turn on itself at slow speeds and holds the yak in a strong wind ,ive even tested it under sail and it all good

cheers
craig

[craig51063]

We also used a 16 mm [ ithink] stainless tubeing through the back support holes .with a stainless screw thread running through the middle . this is 10mm longer than the tubing , the result is there is NO presure on the suport holes as you can see in the photos the nuts are locked on the tubing not on the yak.

[ohagas]

Genius Craig!

[craig51063]

The rudder also tilts up and back down ie if it hits a rock it symply slides up and over the back into position again.

the red rope you see attached to the rudder in 1 of the photos is a means of lifting the rudder up and locking it out of the way .the rope has a stainless carrabeena at the end which simply clips onto the panic rope which is all reached from the cockpit .

craig

[Feral]

Nice job - I assume the fish weren't biting in that creek eh?

[craig51063]

Nice job - I assume the fish weren't biting in that creek eh?

in summer the creek is FULL of mullet and BIG bream

craig

[dunebuggy]

Very nice job indeed. Well Done.

[StevenM]

Nice job Craig

well done

[Occy]

Good one Craig, glad to see you finally got the time to do it.

[mcbigg]

Nice work Craig!

Well thought out and produced.

[ELM]

So much talent on this web site, great work Craig. Very tidy bit of work.