merl wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:21 am
Mossy 757 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:09 pm
merl wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:32 pm
Looks tricky in my case. But I don't have the problem that it dives at higher speed, it just feels like I need a more balanced stance
So to be clear, you cannot or will not put a shim in between your fuselage and stabilizer to see if that solves your problem? It's literally 30 seconds to install and could save you the effort of permanently modifying your board...
I thought (as per the videos) that I would need to shim between the fuselage and the mast. But between fuselage and stab - that should not be difficult to try. I didn't find a video explaining that but I can probably work it out.
Yeah, check out all the videos on his pro-tips page:
http://www.deltahydrofoil.com/pro-tips.html
If you have a foil that has a mast/fuse connection like a Delta or Spotz Tuna, you can shim that junction, but you can also just put a thin piece of plastic between the stab and the fuselage and get a similar result by changing the angle of attack. This corrects the front foot/rear foot pressure relationship you originally complained about.
The shim at the fuse/mast area moves the lifting force about the strut axis relative to the rider position on the board, the shim under the stab moves the lifting force about the fuselage relative to the front wing, so you're accomplishing similar goals through different moment arms.
Anyway, just play around with a little piece of cut up milk jug or a hotel room key, those are the two materials I've used successfully to make shims for my foils. When I first got my Sword2, this modification made ALL the difference in being able to ride around easily at a stable ride height.