Ok forget it,I'll move on to another worthless endeavor!
I doubt it. First of all, it is all about the leverage: it is easy to bend a bar when you have 95 cm of leverage -- the full sized mast. It is harder to bend 65 cm one, but as Gunnar demonstrated, still quite possible. Compare it to fuselage, you have perhaps 20 cm to the front wing, and perhaps 50 cm to the stabilizer. At first sight, bending the tail section of the fuse looks probable. I'd suggest, however, that if you hit the reef with the stab but not the front wing, then you are so unlucky that you'd better quit foiling to avoid future serious accident.
goto the ocean someday and lose your board in a wave, or heaven forbid drop your foil boardI doubt it. First of all, it is all about the leverage: it is easy to bend a bar when you have 95 cm of leverage -- the full sized mast. It is harder to bend 65 cm one, but as Gunnar demonstrated, still quite possible. Compare it to fuselage, you have perhaps 20 cm to the front wing, and perhaps 50 cm to the stabilizer. At first sight, bending the tail section of the fuse looks probable. I'd suggest, however, that if you hit the reef with the stab but not the front wing, then you are so unlucky that you'd better quit foiling to avoid future serious accident.
if bending moment was the only design criteria, that might make senseAlso, what is the mast thickness, 14-15 mm? Compare it to fuselage, which is at least twice as thick. Keep in mind, that competent designer would shape the tail section of fuselage tapered, so that the bend force momentum would be kept approximately constant along the fuselage length. Speaking of tapered fuselage tail section, it is good for hydrodynamics as well.
Hey Gunnar, how did this happen? Does using a tuttle box put more stress on the mast than a plate?
The actual load point is right where the Tuttle mount stops an mast is free.tautologies wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:32 pmHey Gunnar, how did this happen? Does using a tuttle box put more stress on the mast than a plate?
If you are sticking with a maker/foil set that is coming in at 3.5-4.5kg (ie: the major kite brands) it may be pointless. A 3.8kg foil is nicer than a 4.5kg foil but doesn’t come from the same maker.Isn't discussing marginal weight changes on foils kind of useless for most of us?
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