Water is about 800x denser than air, but you are maybe driving ~4x faster. Drag is velocity^2 function. So theoretically if your foil was neutral it's still 50x less drag in the air. But maybe the vibrations are damped or there is more turbulence.
Has anyone seen or know of negative consequences from driving around assembled?

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SeattleKook said..
Water is about 800x denser than air, but you are maybe driving ~4x faster. Drag is velocity^2 function. So theoretically if your foil was neutral it's still 50x less drag in the air. But maybe the vibrations are damped or there is more turbulence.
Has anyone seen or know of negative consequences from driving around assembled?

I often times end up with my fully assembled foil on my roof as I scramble after a long session to get somewhere to pick up my kids etc.

Other than not parking in a garage, going for drive-thru fast food, watching for low branches, I have made out unscathed with my 100cm mast on the roof. I always keep the foils in their covers. I will avoid the highway if I have the option. On the highway, I typically drive the speed limit (slow).

watch for low hanging tree branches.

DC

Yeah, there was a shot a few months back of a guy forgetting he had the assembled rig on the roof.
Drove into his garage and snapped the back of the board off!

Drive with them on roof the quite a bit. Have it set up that way. Drove to agusta / margs and back. Although fornthr exmouth trip will have front and back wings off in september to avoid losing covers plus Have three handbrakes plus the boy in the car, got no choice room wise.

that being said drove to a local spot early on once and the boys setup was not on the roof anymore

use decent straps.

I thought about leaving mine on to drive to another launch 20 mins away but remembering a rooftop bicycle incident I had ..my better judgment kicked in.

They rate modern cars for pedestrian safety. They get points for a low sloping bonnet with a bit of crumple space above hard engine parts. Ideally the pedestrian gets run under and bounces over the roof, living to tell the tale.

My upwind cornering on the car has improved