Hawaiis wrote: it is actually cheaper to buy mass produced foil than to make your own.
Simply not true! Another ignorant statement from the well known source of such.
D I Yers pay no attention!
Plus the satisfaction of flying your own build and design is great!
We are now using almost always 1,000 g/m2 quadri cutoffs that we have a great low cost source.
About 15 E m/2.
Epoxy at 35 E Kilo.
Strut, core, with 3 layers quadri each side
wings, core, 3 layers quadri and some uni
fuse, carbon fabrick tubes, normal and bibias, 20 E
Latest boards are xtruded closed cell polystyrene at 5 E.
300 g/m2 top and bottom with quadri reinforce at plate connection, thru core anti crush tubes, and 2 X 150 g/m2 x 8cm on the rails.
Latest pocket board (120 x 46 x 2 cm) cost less than 80 E. Also weighs only about 2.4 K
Latest T bar less than 200 E
No where near the cheapest mass produced out there even counting ones time to make!
TT flown a little, very sensitive to the point of almost no fun and damn I HATE my feet in straps!!
A winter project will be to "form fit" side foot hooks.
As for less replys during the warm season, we fly A LOT so less computer time and building, getting cooler and workshop ready for winter projects.....
@ T D, your work looks great! wish we were closer so we could share in person, come to visit!
Good wine and cheese here.
R H