A forum dedicated to Hydrofoil riders
-
Kamikuza
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 7057
- Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:49 am
- Local Beach: Sabae Beach
- Favorite Beaches: Ol' Stinky
- Gear: This, that, the other
-
Has thanked:
220 times
-
Been thanked:
193 times
Postby Kamikuza » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:56 am
Two different wings?
-
joekitetime
- Frequent Poster
- Posts: 312
- Joined: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:58 pm
- Kiting since: 1999
- Weight: 160
- Local Beach: Sherman Island, SF BAY CA
- Style: Surf Foiler
- Gear: Appletree, FONE, Mike's Lab, Peak4, Mystic, Wainman Hawaii
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
169 times
-
Been thanked:
103 times
Postby joekitetime » Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:10 pm
Yes, 2 different wings. Technically I should have only swapped masts, but in most cases I don't think that is an option.
But I did test a "run of the mill" slingshot hoverglide setup w/a H2 wing (2018 fsurf) and compared it to the 2019 carbon ghostwhisperer 91 and I think as far as that goes the test was successful.
-
Flyboy
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 2715
- Joined: Thu Oct 17, 2002 1:00 am
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
157 times
-
Been thanked:
288 times
Postby Flyboy » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:20 pm
Foil wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:26 am
kick it underwater and it hurts like hell, flipping thing really hurts much more than lightweight carbon, made my eyes water!
My strategy when foiling with an alloy foil is to carefully reach out with my foot & put it onto the top of the wing. That way I know where it is & won't accidentally kick it. I then push with my foot to pivot the foil up into a water start position.
Had two long walks back up the beach carrying my alu foil ... unpleasantly & eventually painfully heavy after while. The leveraged weight of the carbon foil/wing is way less.
Last edited by
Flyboy on Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:29 am, edited 1 time in total.
-
Kamikuza
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 7057
- Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:49 am
- Local Beach: Sabae Beach
- Favorite Beaches: Ol' Stinky
- Gear: This, that, the other
-
Has thanked:
220 times
-
Been thanked:
193 times
Postby Kamikuza » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:10 am
joekitetime wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:10 pm
Yes, 2 different wings. Technically I should have only swapped masts, but in most cases I don't think that is an option.
But I did test a "run of the mill" slingshot hoverglide setup w/a H2 wing (2018 fsurf) and compared it to the 2019 carbon ghostwhisperer 91 and I think as far as that goes the test was successful.
That H2 setup weighs a ton, and it all seems to be in the wing on the end of the mast like a sledgehammer. My SUP foil and 820cm wing still weigh less then the H2. The H2 wing itself is 2.1kg...!
So there's lighter aluminum setups out there. My Axis kite foil was 4kg (the SUP one is 4.9). The HoverGlide was 5.5 -- nearly 40% heavier
-
njrider
- Frequent Poster
- Posts: 219
- Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:06 am
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
7 times
-
Been thanked:
0
Postby njrider » Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:49 pm
OK - So I have a Slighshot hoverglide with h2 wing. I think I'm going to settle on a 30"mast. What other aluminum setups would be lighter - Im rough on gear and not sure a carbon fiber would last long.
-
Kamikuza
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 7057
- Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:49 am
- Local Beach: Sabae Beach
- Favorite Beaches: Ol' Stinky
- Gear: This, that, the other
-
Has thanked:
220 times
-
Been thanked:
193 times
Postby Kamikuza » Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:36 am
njrider wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:49 pm
OK - So I have a Slighshot hoverglide with h2 wing. I think I'm going to settle on a 30"mast. What other aluminum setups would be lighter - Im rough on gear and not sure a carbon fiber would last long.
Lighter? Just about any
I think it's literally the heaviest in the market. But spares are no issues...
I'm hard on gear too, but I've been mighty impressed with my Axis foils.
Return to “Hydrofoil”