Hi there
I am not crazy particular about most hydrofoil stuff, it all seems to work, mostly just design. I sand to about 320 and lose interest usually. I have been fixated on the rear stab angle forever, but there must be more!!!!
I have done some flawless paint and fill jobs with 2 part poly car primer, it feels great on a perfectly tuned foil! I'll probably do it again someday but not totally my thing
Lately I have had the front wing AOA revelation, yes revelation, to get me in the ballpark of my footstrap locations which only adjust 4 inches. I am looking forward to trying to tune some foils! in warm water
You can make shims anywhere carefully with tape and cans and plastic , I have some fiberglass 1 and 2 degree shims
I understand shimming is not necessarily a regular thing but it is essential to tuning your ride. I do it a lot . I assume some other people do this right? Commercial foils aren't set up perfect out of the box for everyone are they? I also understand some wings are not shimmable.
If you want to be drastic you can sand camber into your lower surfaces , tips on the stab, root on the main wing! I don't recommend this but it's noticeable.
1 AOA rear wing relative to front wing
2 AOA front wing relative to baseplate/box
3 Sanding smooth
4 filling and painting
5 ....?
6 ....?
After sanding you can wipe epoxy on and then wipe thoroughly clean and it with impregnate the fibers nicely.
Please share if you have any thoughts or routines on tuning your ride
Tips , experiences, failures , successes ?? how do you tune?