Macca,

Now you are rehashing all old discredited arguments again.

Do you know that the current bare F16 platforms are actually LIGHTER then the bare Taipan platforms.

Why ? because the mast section as mainbeam and the small but thickwalled box rearbeam are very heavy for the strength and stiffness they provide. It was a piece of cake to reduced weight on both them and also increase stiffness and strength, without changing the material.

Also the selftacker in plain form is lighter and cheaper then the old Taipan setup. No need for any exotic materials there, just plain common sense.

Similar data is available on many other "problems points" as you call them.

Endlessly repeating the same BS is not making them is any less untruthfull.

We have been done this path many times now and you keep refusing to be convinced by science and verifiable numbers. You keep coming back with argumentation that feels right because you simply gloss over or ignore conflicting data. Just like many people can be made to believe that when they have gotten 3 daughters already that there is a larger chance they'll be getting a son next; which isn't true either.

Simply put, what you say and write is NOT TRUE and have been proven as such in REAL F16 boats and by public comments made by F16 builders like Matt McD. from VWM.

Wouter