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In the context of a planing catamaran, flying refers to allowing the windward hull to lift out of the water in order to minimize wetted surface area. These boats, especially the Hobie 16, were quite popular in the 70s and 80s.

There already exists tight constraints on field grade. The mounting hardware has limits to how much one section can differ from the next. You can imagine that you need each horizontal beam some maximum number of degrees from parallel, and the vertical posts will only have so much extra length to account for variation.

Cow Magnets 2 years ago

Some of my fondest childhood memories are summer visits to my great uncles farm. Playing with a cow magnet in the dirt under the bench grinder in the tractor barn is one of them. I remember them being strong, but I was 10.

I’m content with octoprint, but if I needed to start from scratch today I would go with Mainsail. Largely because it looks much nicer. I suspect I’m not the only one.

Original Prusa MK4 3 years ago

Do you have any insight into why Josef Prusa's name and face is plastered over every square inch of everything they produce?