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Gear Talk / Re: UNiversal Fin Box.

« on: November 11, 2018, 01:40:13 AM »

Hi guys, you can do either pre or post glass installation. I prefer post as I can also install on boards that had FCS plugs.
Bean, if you rout it carefully and use microballoons it’s not heavy. One of the contributors has offered a slightly different shape with routing jigs to match for a snug fit.
HD foam has been done but it was XPS.

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Gear Talk / UNiversal Fin Box.

« on: November 10, 2018, 12:36:07 AM »

Tired of choosing between FCS and Futures fins ?
 Well now there’s a Universal fin box that can take both.
 Thanks to my incredible ingenuity and a few friends, you can download the file, print them out, and now swap and mix any kind of fin with a base including glass-ons.
 Enjoy.

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/universal-fin-system?page=19

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: November 04, 2018, 09:17:33 PM »

I forgot I had some videos on Vimeo from 6 years ago.
 This ones just take offs and pull ins on beach barrels.
Not a great POV but you can see Im foiling in the steepest part of the wave.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 31, 2018, 01:53:03 AM »

First time with a camera and got crap footage. I didn’t know that the casing fogs up in hot weather.



 So I’ll try another POV next week with a GoPro and wrist strap.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 30, 2018, 02:58:12 AM »

Guessing you ride goofy-foot

Bean,that’s astute. Only people who regularly use helmets would pick that up.
 Hopefully I can score a decent wave tomorrow and show a complete routine of manouvers on a single wave and show how easy it is to foil right in the pocket.
 My only worry is turning the camera on before the wave and not after !

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 29, 2018, 10:37:08 PM »

Got a $20 camera on my Gath. I not keen on using a selfie stick in the surf so hopefully the Gath-Cam will work out fine. I’ll give it a go tomorrow.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 29, 2018, 06:29:24 AM »

Delta foils I think, from the YouTube video I saw ?
 I did these curved foils myself back in 2008 so it’s new technology to you guys but not to me.
 I’m building a Gath-Cam and I’ll do a video this week, if the waves are willing, of  steep take-offs, real drops, bottom turns, tube riding and stalls on average beach break waves. 

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 29, 2018, 02:54:19 AM »

Another curved foil. Can’t tell who by.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 28, 2018, 01:26:58 AM »

SCB, I’ll have to do a video of pulling into tubes on my Foils. It’s the only way to show it. I don’t think I’ve ever not come out of one.
 Give me a week to get the camera and mount it somewhere, maybe on my Gath instead of the nose of the board.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 27, 2018, 12:57:47 PM »

Foiling is popular because it’s fun. As foil design evolves it opens up wider opportunities to foil. This design review shows that by curving the foil it holds power better.
 These benefits will open up other parts of the wave like the tube and then foiling will be even more fun and popular.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: October 26, 2018, 04:36:26 AM »

Now this is the review that reveals the strengths of this foils design.

https://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/Foiling/Fanatic-Aero-Surf-Foil-1500

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Foil SUP / Re: Foil whistle

« on: October 11, 2018, 02:30:35 PM »

Foils whistle because they don’t know the words.
Dad joke.

Is it a whistle, a hum and is there any vibration ? Did you check the mast ?

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: September 23, 2018, 07:05:52 PM »

If that’s too far ahead, maybe we can meet here again next year and see where foilings at.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: September 22, 2018, 01:52:31 PM »

SCB, I’ve got a hundred or more foils stashed under the house, I’ve got a Foiling journal of notes for every session on every foil so I can always refer back. Makes it easier to avoid repeating mistakes.
 When you stretch area around you need to add area because it loses effectiveness. In the reverse way when you use a single central foil, you can use less area because a centred planing area is more effective.

Looking deeper into the physics of hydrodynamic design, theres a world of areas and angles that Dont affect lift, they’re virtually useless for lift or control. They don’t work but can be useful.  Look at the  foil and see the thinner chord area at the front. It’s not big enough to give lift but it provides physical stability to the larger side foil pods without messing up the feel I want. We see a rectangle with a hole in the middle, the water sees a U. The effect is a very stable, wide and long lifting area with 2 long lateral foils for steep waves. A rear block that creates projection under your back foot and front side tips for stability in turns like on a standard foil today. It keeps the drive under your back foot and the directional control at the front.
 
SSS,  about the 100 yards, I meant it not as a goal but as an indication that I believe big wave foiling will be incredibly fast like downhill skiing.
You’ll reach that point on the precipice, and then a massive acceleration.
 Theres a lot of form drag, tailfoil drag and getting rid of those drags will open up higher speeds. That experience should make your hair sizzle Beasho.

 This sweep wing idea is already confirmed as PonoBill says he knows someone else who rides swept wings so let’s go forward from there.  There’s a lot more to come.

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Foil SUP / Re: Fanatic Aero 1500 Foil

« on: September 22, 2018, 03:30:34 AM »

Beasho,  the Fanantic foil is just a first step, I’m sure all foil ‘designers’ would be reading this and other forums and looking for inspiration.
 All it takes is a 20 second video showing new performance on a new foil design and all the makers will have to catch up.
 You’ve already proved in your video that the rear foil isn’t needed.
 Ive also had people call me a kook in the surf and it’s just laughable how little they know of life, surf and design but they’ve got cool Tatts so I’m impressed by their  knowledgeable opinion.
Longer single foils are more stable over a wide range of speeds and a true top speed is going to be phenomenal if you get a big long wall that’s moving fast and closing fast. It’s a pity I don’t live near you or I’m sure we could make some amazing progress with foil design.
But for the average surfer a swept single foil is going to make foiling easier and quicker to learn.
 “Over Foiling “ is a great description, twin foils are amazing in the huge arena of low energy waves, it’s been like opening another world to surf in but they don’t like steep hollow waves. A single foil will be easier to make and with the right area distribution can be adapted for all sorts of waves. I definately think I could put together a foil for Mavericks. I wouldn’t worry in the slightest about lift, my only concern would be for very high speed stability. You could potentially cover 100 yards in a few seconds.

Bean, Yes it’s uncanny that I did the same foil design 9 years ago but it shows there’s a familiar design progression given the same parameters. I’m sure other designers have looked at the same idea too. The next step would be to ‘Close the Circle’ of the tips and form a central planing area. Like a bicycle, a foil doesn’t need to be 2 feet wide, 13 inches is stable enough at speed. And once that step is taken and seen to be functional, it’ll open another world of new designs.

 PonoBill, Id be keen to see what foil designs you have hidden but Im sure this Fanatic foil will spur other makers to compete and innovate.
I’d be getting the team together and over a few beers get everyone to embrace a new paradigm and just let the thoughts flow and then the next day, set to making them happen.