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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby Peter_Frank » Mon Apr 20, 2020 5:25 am

Front wing should be moved further forward of the mast.

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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby vol » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:45 am

Can be straight on the wing but you need to move mast forward on the board too,, but main thing you will loose direction stability

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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby drone » Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:35 pm

Thanks. Missed that mast are more further on other pictures. That confused me.
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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby a99 » Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:14 am

Maybe someone can tell me if Moses 790 wing (1550 cm2) would be better than 633 (1250 cm2) for monofoiling? Probably less speed but maybe more stability?

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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby vol » Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:58 am

Bigger foil will provide more drag and when you increase more speed your moving force will start to push board down
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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby a99 » Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:20 am

But with such logic than race or freeride wings are even better than best 633.

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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby vol » Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:01 pm

Freeride works better because of low aspect ratio wing itself is more stable pitch than race wing

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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby foilfun » Sun May 03, 2020 12:16 am

Horst Sergio wrote:
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Can't wait to see your video: "tandem monofoiling on a wave" :rollgrin:
Suzy and I had our first day tandem monofoiling. Lots of fun. Did some 360s, some were ugly, but we almost foiled out of one. 😁 No drone footage, though. ☹
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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby Horst Sergio » Tue May 12, 2020 9:06 am

foilfun wrote:
Sun May 03, 2020 12:16 am
Suzy and I had our first day tandem monofoiling. Lots of fun. Did some 360s, some were ugly, but we almost foiled out of one. 😁 No drone footage, though. ☹
Perfect :thumb: , so you two are worlds first tandem monofoil riders. One wing for two, much more economic than the other way around. :lol:

Have you used your "M" wing? What is your weight together?
And can you say more about how hard it was and what to take care for?
Any chance to do my first tandem ride directly on a Mono? (One time I want to start a new foiling sport directly the right way :wink: )

Thanks a lot.

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Re: Monofoil or "riding stabless", setup and riding

Postby foilfun » Wed May 13, 2020 6:55 am

Horst Sergio wrote:
Tue May 12, 2020 9:06 am

Have you used your "M" wing? What is your weight together?
And can you say more about how hard it was and what to take care for?
Any chance to do my first tandem ride directly on a Mono? (One time I want to start a new foiling sport directly the right way :wink: )

Thanks a lot.
We were using the NP medium. We are 306lbs with gear.

Like monofoiling generally, the trick is to keep the board on the water until you have enough speed. She really had to lean forward to keep it from wanting to jump up too soon.

Given how sensitive the mono is to input, I occasionally had to remind her to not get stiff or start pushing with her heals or toes. While it had been well over a year since we foiled together, her experience definitely helped. But with the right passenger, you could probably learn tandem with the mono, given your abilities. 🤙🏻


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