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007 foil, night lights

Created by Walt Walt  > 9 months ago, 11 Feb 2019
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Walt
Walt

264 posts

11 Feb 2019 12:27pm
Not sure about this one.
Kind regards
Walt
ratz
ratz

WA

481 posts

11 Feb 2019 6:29pm
frp gear next gen ?
joe windsurf
joe windsurf

1482 posts

11 Feb 2019 7:16pm
i was following the iFoil to see where it would go
liked the idea of multiple foils
less stress on fin boxes
however, the company seemed to disappear off the map
too $$$ ??

ifoil website is gone in early 2019
and parent company tomahawk foils dissolved in December of 2017 - oh well :-(

Exocet seemed to leaning towards a multiple foil model too, but ???
peterowensbabs
peterowensbabs

NSW

497 posts

11 Feb 2019 10:58pm
The Foil is ok but those Union jack undies out side the wetty........
Windbot
Windbot

510 posts

11 Feb 2019 11:39pm
What a smooth ride lol.
segler
segler

WA

1658 posts

12 Feb 2019 1:35am
Inherent pitch stability. It won't porpoise. Do that same configuration with a bigger floaty board and you have the ideal rig to infect beginners with the foiling disease.
powersloshin
powersloshin

NSW

1844 posts

12 Feb 2019 8:16pm
looks to me that the front plate skims the water, therefore bouncing in chop, it defies one of the advantages of foiling
Paducah
Paducah

2792 posts

12 Feb 2019 10:42pm
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segler said..
Inherent pitch stability. It won't porpoise. Do that same configuration with a bigger floaty board and you have the ideal rig to infect beginners with the foiling disease.


Not really. What it does is make it slower to respond to pitch adjustments as well so once you go into launch mode, much harder to get out. Same thing already exists with longer fuselages: they are more stable but also require earlier input so in, say, steeper chop, one almost has to anticipate rather than react to pitch movements. You see it in Moths with their wands - when the wand doesn't respond quick enough and things go bad.

For many, the ideal rig is just a big slow wing



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