Just saw this laird movie. Really enjoyed it.
There was a ton of coverage of his foiling. He is using a stainless steel, mast, fuselage and rear wing.
Also looks to be around 4 feet high.
Reason for the steel? Seems to be for stiffness and stability. But looks so heavy.
Anyway, wouldn't carbon fire be just as stiff or does it have more flex than stainless steel?
The videos are really old, 2006 the first one, so using other materials than carbon was what one did
PF
No, he was working with the Americas Cup Crew, so these videos were from 2016.
No link, this was at Mountain film Fest in a Aspen, movies not released till late Sept.
I'm assuming the stainless was just much stiffer than Carbon,
The videos are really old, 2006 the first one, so using other materials than carbon was what one did
PF
No, he was working with the Americas Cup Crew, so these videos were from 2016.
No link, this was at Mountain film Fest in a Aspen, movies not released till late Sept.
I'm assuming the stainless was just much stiffer than Carbon,
"These videos" ???
The first one with Laird I think we all remember is this one from 2006:
Many more has appeared since then.
So I think you should put some videos up here to clarify ?
Laird could surf on an aluminum soda can and make it look impressive.
as far as stainless it's one of the softest metals and I doubt it's stiffer than carbon especially at "4 feet" unless it was pretty thick and would be heavy
Is this from his towing in larger waves?
Longer mast I assume is to be able to carve deeper -- lean over further without breaking surface with wing. But also to handle more surface chop when towing.
He also used to have mounted boots ... holds on tight but the wipeouts must be fierce.
The latest videos of him sup foiling in peru appear to be on a gofoil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRjg-apbQzs