Yeah I wasn't getting into design/fab details at all. My applications (forgot about the 3rd one under way, will make a quick thread on that) for a500 were all on running surfaces in molded production boats. The core is laminated onto the outer skin to stiffen the large panels. It is not in position to take compressive loads, which are borne by the hull shape (keel pad, or strakes, or tunnel edges) or stringers in all glass areas. Edges of the foam were tapered down or butted against stiff vertical members with glass fillets.fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:57 pm
I'll try to avoid extended debate and this is not a critique of your work Matt, but the problem with the a500 core is the interface between the bottom or top deck and the sides.
My point was simply that the expensive stack of H80 already purchased is not optimum and maybe not sufficient for the hull surfaces.