Hugh Howey making sense, some scary space mirrors, and today in the “never truer words” department…
I’ve always been enamored of the sheer simpleness of the Moitessier-style wind vane self-steering gear. Especially as exhibited at its evolutionary peak on the Trismus design.
A simple vane can be seen here.
That said, it’s a little less simple when used with an auxiliary rudder but if you know of a less complicated self-steering gear, I’d love to hear about it.
Complete plans are on the Trismus site so if you’re looking for a self-steering gear that you can build for around a hundred bucks, you know where to go.
Here’s a quick video of one in action…
2 unaddressed questions regarding airline seat reclining are 1) why are the seats so close together in the first place when they didn’t used to be and 2) what’s so bad about taking a boat across the atlantic ocean? Even if it’s on the Queen Mary in the cheapest interior cabin. Boiling the frog slowly type deal until we’re packed into a hurtling aluminum tube like cattle.