geron wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:52 pm
I would make more of a round ufo type of overall oval shape.
Sorry, don't agree.
To me monofoiling is all about low drag combined with moderate AR wings of 4-6 and so wing span which creates freestyle compatible compact setups without wings with high span and so low manouverability and pointy tips.
Going towards to low AR of 2 or lower means to increase induced drag significantly so loosing the main profit of a mono wing, then to me better keep the stabi. For the same reason I am not sure about significant S-shape profiles. As it seems human being is able to control also normal profiles with lower drag, it is maybe already good to use those normal profiles without to much S-shape.
Good example for monofoil ability is the dynamic lightwind 360s shown in the video. You need a low drag foil to accelerate in low wind and do a long wide 360 without slowing down. At the same time the wing span has to be moderate to incline relevant into the turn without having the tips surfacing or to not need a 125 cm strut. Additionally a foil is forgiving that is able to short cut the 360 on its end if needed. This all only comes together with a monofoil, why I have awesome fun to often do many 360s in a row, only problem actually is my just 90 strut which limits the accesible incline and so dynamic, next struts will be 96 or even 110 cm and wing just 63 cm span.
nemoz wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:55 am
Hi I think I'm probably the only one that never tried a foil with stabilizer, I started wingfoiling because during the first Covid Lockdown i had all the materials at home and a lot of time to design and build board, monofoil and Wing, I bought just the aluminium mast from Gong. I have no clue if a foil with stabi works better or not, but I like the one I built, I'm going to build a new foil soon and I will go a little bit smaller with higer AR and a different profile, my first one was 2600 and I'm only 63 kg, I will go for 2200 or 2000 with a different profile and AR to have higher top speed. I will ask to PrfctChaos to run a simulation to look to the correct profile.
don't waste your time with stabis
. In fact, when a friend who wants to start winging and also rides monos since about 3 years asked me. I also said:
"Don't waste your time to use a stabi the first days, it is just needless."
With 63 kg I started with 2000 cm² wing fast skipped to 1500 cm² then ended winging as jumping was just no fun. Since having 1100 cm² I restarted and are getting more and more fun jumping, using the 1500 cm² rarely only for ultra light and surf, the 2000 cm² no more for winging. Actually waiting for the new board to install my fast 990 cm² Levitaz Cruizer wing with longer struts to see which jumping level I can achieve with this setup.