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Jeremy Riggs mentioned in a post on facebook that he needed to change his stance--moving back quite a bit to get the new GL wing he was using to fly. I'm thinking that might be what I was doing wrong yesterday. I didn't feel much lift at all. I was putting my front foot in the strap on port tacks and didn't get even a pop-up despite some really impressive non-foiling speed. On the starboard tacks, I can't get my foot in the strap and probably was standing further back when it popped up. I shouldn't expect new stuff to work like the old stuff. Steam and anyone else using these, have you changed your stance?
Jeremy Riggs mentioned in a post on facebook that he needed to change his stance--moving back quite a bit to get the new GL wing he was using to fly. I'm thinking that might be what I was doing wrong yesterday. I didn't feel much lift at all. I was putting my front foot in the strap on port tacks and didn't get even a pop-up despite some really impressive non-foiling speed.
All of this makes me want to add tracks to little Fugly, but I'm not going to. I have plenty of room to move back. I'm pretty sure Jeremy's board has a Tuttle.
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Quote from: PonoBill on July 20, 2019, 08:28:21 AMJeremy Riggs mentioned in a post on facebook that he needed to change his stance--moving back quite a bit to get the new GL wing he was using to fly. I'm thinking that might be what I was doing wrong yesterday. I didn't feel much lift at all. I was putting my front foot in the strap on port tacks and didn't get even a pop-up despite some really impressive non-foiling speed.Nothing magic here. Center of lift for the wing is 1/4 Chord. 25% of the way from the leading to trailing edge of the FRONT wing.When I took the tail OFF the Maliko 200 last year my front foot position required moving BACK 8" from the normal spot. What this showed was how much DOWN force was being imparted by the tail wing. My Center of Gravity moved back 4". 1/3 ft X 180 lbs = 60 foot pounds of force.If these Tail wings have NO lift at Zero Degrees angle of Attack, and if the Chord of these wings is 2" less than the Maliko 200 (Average ~ 8") then you have to move CG back another 1" for a total 5" CG shift. Alternately front foot goes back 10". Wow! That does seem like a lot.
Beasho, I'm easily confused by science but if the Maliko tail's shape (wings down) creates "much DOWN force", would turning it over, and installing it upside down create "much UP force" to create more lift?