Hi all, I received a concerning email from a client who purchased an axis adapter and intended to use it with his Triton. Any Cedrus owners reading this, or prospective Cedrus clients, please DO NOT use an adapter with the Triton monowing. I am happy to be clear and honest with you all. I have studied every single foil connection in great detail from about 2014 onwards. I know which foil connections work best, and which do not, after years of engineering analysis, testing, customer feedback, and I've learned a thing or two on forums. There are a few adapters that could in theory work with Triton and now I will tell you why they don't:
1) Slingshot Hoverglide. While the monowing may have been designed around this mast, this connection relies on a butt joint between two planar and parallel surfaces for proper load transfer. The wider the contact surfaces, the stronger the joint. This is why many of my clients have issues with Slingshot hoverglide systems: the mast is too thin for a butt joint. Bending moments about the wing (due to roll, jumping) will increase tension in the fasteners to a point of yield, causing them to loosen or break. Nothing against slingshot here, but let's be honest, this is an older connection system and simply doesn't have the strength as some of the newer ones. Project Cedrus adapters also rely on a butt joint, but the mast is 19mm thick which results in an incredibly strong joint. Especially with the newer hardware, which is 50% stronger than standard A2/A4-70.
2) Axis. This adapter, like the doodad, is designed to fit inside the fuselage. It is not designed to function as a butt joint, for both structural and hydrodynamic purposes. Do not attempt to use a tuttle-like interface on top of a planar surface intended for a butt joint.
3) Moses/SAB. The original Moses/SAB M6 connection is now obsolete for good reasons: M6 hardware is simply inadequate for foils. I have a whole blog entry about this topic here: https://projectcedrus.com/general/hardware/ I do not reccomend using the Moses/SAB M6 adapter with Triton.
As discussed on this thread, the best option for connecting the monowing is to elongate the slot and connect directly to Project Cedrus. I know some of you have reservations about modifying your wing. So, I am willing to make a monowing adapter if someone can send me their wing or if Triton would like to share the CAD. I shared my Cedrus interface with them years ago, however for some reason they decided not to make the monowing directly compatible with Project Cedrus.
Thank you, Kyle @ Project Cedrus