Standup Zone Forum
The Foil Zone => Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP => Topic started by: Wetstuff on October 28, 2020, 03:16:16 PM
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..' just messing ..3-ply 'vert top fabric top/bottom - rubber-coated fabric for rail grip. I made it one-piece but it was impossible to pull on. Big ass zipper down top center works fine and covered with decking made for a 5-5 foamie. Alu plate foil support trapped within double bottom. Only two wind-days over 12kts in Oct blowing in a safe direction. (wife cracked C6 on one of them) Have a friend who's anxious to try it in surf.
Jim
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That’s a great design man. I love all the crazy ideas that are popping up in foiling. I’m just a few hours of garage time from rolling out my Wavestorm plate. Can’t wait to test.
What kind of fabric is tough enough for that?
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That is cool wet. Is the foil stiffener the full length of the black corset? Is that the faint outline that we see on the bottom?
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Correct, Boss... It's a 3-ply aluminum sandwich ~12 x 44". Patrice at GONG gets by on his He'ep with smaller but ..C'hit this is 8' vs 5'ish. At ~$250 on Amazon .. it was just too easy and cheap to ignore.
Cowboy... Forget that cloth. It was some convertible cloth fabric. 'I thought' I needed heavy. I am pretty sure that is totally incorrect. I have some very durable nylon that is 1/2 the weight. I even have similar vinyl - I may try gluing up a girdle. ...if - this one seems to work. I am running out of time. The water is soon too cold for me and I got a ton of other c'hit I should be doing.
Excited to see how you approach the Wavestorm...
Jim