He taputapu matatau ngā waka hiki kutikuti tū-katoa i hangaia mō te umanga whakatika me te whakarerekētanga motuka. Ko tō rātou āhuatanga tino rongonui ko tō rātou āhua tino iti, he 110 mm noa iho te teitei, he mea e tika ana mō ngā momo waka rerekē, inā koa ngā waka tere me te tino iti te tawhiti whenua. Ka whakamahia e ēnei waka hiki he hoahoa momo kutikuti, e whakarato ana i te hanganga pumau me te kaha kawe kawenga pai rawa atu. Me te kaha kawenga mōrahi o te 3000 kg (6610 pauna), ka taea e rātou te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia tiaki o te nuinga o ngā tauira waka o ia rā.

He iti te āhua o te ara hiki waka kutikuti, ā, he ngāwari hoki te neke, he tino watea hoki mō te whakamahi i roto i ngā toa whakatika. Ka taea te neke me te whakanoho ki ngā wāhi katoa e hiahiatia ana. Ka whakamahia he pūnaha ara hiki hau hei whakahaere i te ara hiki, e kore e whakarei ake i te pai o te mahi engari ka whakaiti hoki i te tūponotanga o ngā pakaru miihini. Mā tēnei ka nui ake te pumau me te pono o te tautoko mō ngā mahi tiaki waka.

Ngā Raraunga Hangarau