Hydrofoil with short lines?

[Bille]

@ foilholio

Bin thinking , (A LOT) on what you said about carbon LE , and the effect an ocean wave
would have on it , like the washing-machine . I cut a profile for an airfoil LE batten
out of EPP foam , then covered both sides with Spectra fishing string, and wound
the matrix with spectra thread, to keep the fibers from separating from the foam .
Next up ; try to break it ?

Bille

[foilholio]

Interesting you didn't use resin and just wrapped it in thread? I take it is round? Very stiff?

[Regis-de-giens]

I am not sure to understand exactly what you are discussing, so maybe out of topic, sorry for that ; but on my custom single skin, I have "inserted " the same kind of LE rigidification like the peak; For that purpose, as I started from an existing kite without reinforcements, I have inserted directly inside the sew of each cell compartment, 30 cm long of a tennis raquet string at each cell along the LE (diam 1.5 mm nylon); it is perfect (rigid enough because "locked" in two planes, light weight, very flexible for crashes or packing, and cheap) ; the most difficult is to lock it at each extremity and not sure that it will not damage the cloth since a bit cutty.

[foilholio]

Did you place it in seam? Could try using glue on the ends so they don't cut anything.

[Bradn]

Going to jump into the debate,
Active racer here, short lines make a HUGE difference, you lose some low end due to the power strokes being smaller but in general they really slow the kite down which helps hugely allowing you to hold a bigger kite for longer. No more getting lofted off during tacks. Went from 25 to 19m, going to make up some 16/17's soon. Added bonuses are increased stability - definitely noticeable when launching in super dodgy 25kn offshore conditions and can launch in much more confined spaces.

[herbert]

Greg Drexler using 10 meter lines with a 3.5m kite alongside a 2.5m kite...that must have been interesting to watch...I'm hoping for a video:

https://madmimi.com/p/7ffa05?fe=1&pact= ... 48842a52f5