IACC120Cup

[claudio]

Very promising New Class the AC120 in Italie and in France since few weeks.
Site of interest is :

http://iacc120cup.altervista.org

and under preparation in France :

http://iacc120cup.free.fr/

Cheers
Claudio

[TomoHawk]

What is the purpose of the AC 120 class? Match racing, or fleet racing?

Can you give some dimension and displacements?

thx

[cougar]

claudio....
that looks great... you should be proud.. i love the americas cup type of boat... i would love to see more..and hear more about the boats. how do they sail? how much for oracle? sorry but i like that boat......

congrats.. cant wait to hear more about them
bravo

cougar

[claudio]

Hi all
The IACC 120 is supposed to replicate 'almost'* to scale 1:20 the America Cup boats.
The overall lenght is 1200 mm, the water lenght is no more than 1000 mm, the Sail Area is 80dm² maximum, it should be weighting 4500g minimum and the Fin+Bulb shall not be above 3000g (66%), the draft from the hull bottom is 420mm.
The Main Luff is 1750 max .
Total freedom for construction materials not above lead density.

For what can be noticed so far is faster as the M Class boats.

Boat races are run , fleet and match race.
Pratically in the championship most of the race are fleet and the first two in the standing are racing against each other, in Match racing. More or less as the real AC .

For more, you can unload the IACC120Cup "Class Rules" from the site mentioned above. In this site there are several picture and video you can watch.

* Why "almost" ? The scale concerning the displacement is not to scale 1:20.
The respect of the real scale 1:20, would have imposed a total displacement of 3000g.
Of boat of this lenght could not be in practice manufactured and equipped, therefore to allows also the less experts in construction, we decided to allocate a minimum weight of 4500g.
The experts that coul manufacture this boat for i.e. 4200g for instance, they will be democratically obliged to carry additional ballast inside the hull for 300g minimum in order to reach the minimum of 4500g.

The plans, non restrictions so far it can be compared with the lock of a real AC Boat, like Oracle, Alinghi, Desafio, ChinaTeam , Shosholoza, etc.

Tha's all !
Cheers
Claudio

[TomoHawk]

thanks for the information.

[Rusty Nail]

Ten of the AC Teams are currently racing in Auckland, New Zealand until Feb 14.
It is pure match racing with 'identical' boats.
A 'friendly' whilst the lawyers continue to work on the main attraction.

You can listen to live commentary here:
http://www.bsport.co.nz/Home/BSportS...6/Default.aspx

The event is live streamed, to NZ only, using Virtual Eye (no cameras - only computer graphics), another Dunedin invention.

[claudio]

Just to stimulate more interest here a sample drawing for the Alinghi SUI 100



Another drawing showing a possible deck and servos arrangement.



sorry for the Italian titles.

Claudio

[cougar]

that is awesome ..... but right now.. i realy dont like you.....
i got to finish my marblehead. before i start the next project.. but i would love to build this... anybody else here interested?
i would love to drive oracle....
claudio. how did you get the decals? i need oracle? please
after all. " she who must be"obeyed " has the final say

[eschwarm]

I'd love to build one of these.
although, i have to finish my IOM first that has been in the works for a while, i've been so busy its been hard to find time.

but one of these is definitely next on my list.

[Dick Lemke]

claudio. how did you get the decals? i need oracle?

Cougar - you can purchas 8.5 x 11 sheets of "water-slide" decal paper from a variety of web site. Comes in two types and two "kinds".

"TYPE:" Laser printing or ink-jet printing
"KINDS":
Clear -decal with clear, see-thru in open areas and backgrounds - good for light surfaces and or dark lettering.
White - decal paper that provides for "white" lettering or objects on a white background. Good for dark backgrounds and white lettering, but you may have to carefully trim around lettering if a white outline/backgroun isn't wanted.

Fairly inexpensive but requires a minimum order - I usually buy both types for color laser printing.

Process:
1. Scan your color logo into PC
2. Paste the graphic image into your favorite WORD or graphics document. Add as many logos etc. as possible so you don't waste the sheet of paper.
3. Place decal sheet into printer
4. Print graphics.
5. Cut out individual images. Cut close as possible if you don't want an outline.
6. place in tepid/warm water for a few seconds. Paper will roll up.
7. Remove from water and begin to slide the decal off the paper
8. Slide the graphic into place on boat/sail/stand. mast/etc.
9. GENTLY pat dry with soft towel or paper tissue
10. Allow to dry
11. Spray with clear finish (matte or gloss) which will help keep water from re-wetting.

If you have really big decals - use a few drops of soap in water, and wet area where decal will reside. Apply decal as above, but soap will let you slide it around a bit to locate. Pat dry and work from center out to remove soap/water so it adheres to the surface. Seal with clear finish as above.

It might be possible to purchase single sheets from your local hobby shop but they will get premium price. Nice in a way if don't have use for 20 sheets or so of decal paper.

Basically the same process you used as a kid to add decals to you plastic models.

For boat logos above, you would want paper with white background. Print with red, a trim carefully leaving white line around graphic. Will also need white for Alinghi name - but will print black background leaving white letters.

I have added a photo of grandson's RG-65 before deck was installed. The circle #19 and "Team Lemke" are both white background water-slide decal paper. On deck near bow is another huge white circle with #19 - and behind hatch cover is his name and home town in script. Also clear spray protected.