Broadcast throughout the pandemic. I didn't know it was happening and missed it all, but discovered all 20 episodes uploaded to youtube
I stumbled across them a few days ago, most episodes 50 minutes+. I have listened to them all in full. With holiday time on my hands, this made a great christmas present.
For anyone who plays around with the shaping software at hobbyist level its great to listen to. Rusty talks actual numbers that the software spits out such as thickness at stringer 12" up from tail, 12" down from nose. Ratios for a balanced foil and many more design principles. Distance of fin trailing edge from rail is not going to interest everyone, but he does cover more broad design theory, such as when to use channels, when to use concave, when to use V.
Of more general interest would be his answers to listeners questions such as how did he get into shaping, history of R dot. I really enjoyed (and agree with) his take on volume, which some might find controversial. This forum would be too advanced for advice on say what board does he recommend for a beginner in the Gulf coast. Rusty either repeats himself or I am getting old and accidentally re-playing the same episodes - probably a bit of both but I didn't care and listened to it all - that's many hours of happy listening
First episode here
I stumbled across them a few days ago, most episodes 50 minutes+. I have listened to them all in full. With holiday time on my hands, this made a great christmas present.
For anyone who plays around with the shaping software at hobbyist level its great to listen to. Rusty talks actual numbers that the software spits out such as thickness at stringer 12" up from tail, 12" down from nose. Ratios for a balanced foil and many more design principles. Distance of fin trailing edge from rail is not going to interest everyone, but he does cover more broad design theory, such as when to use channels, when to use concave, when to use V.
Of more general interest would be his answers to listeners questions such as how did he get into shaping, history of R dot. I really enjoyed (and agree with) his take on volume, which some might find controversial. This forum would be too advanced for advice on say what board does he recommend for a beginner in the Gulf coast. Rusty either repeats himself or I am getting old and accidentally re-playing the same episodes - probably a bit of both but I didn't care and listened to it all - that's many hours of happy listening
First episode here