What about the shape of the beams? I noticed Perf. Cats stopped using round aluminium tubes a few years ago, went with the more D shaped tubes so there is a flat surface to attach the hulls to. Can this be done with carbon beams or would it run the price off the charts? I think the real reason you have "wiggle" is the round beams attached to the hulls via two bolts and nothing else, no flat surface to screw it down tight. The guys racing the Tybee on Inter 20's go so far as to add a bedding compound under their beams to glue them to the hulls and keep water from entering through the bolt holes.

Is bedding compound alowed in the F 16's? Are the Taipan beams round or flat on bottom?


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