i'm stubbied up already and now building formica 120 x 140 stubbies.

Hi EdDy_DiFfUsIvItY

You are working with Formica?? what blank do you use? Is it a Styrodur or do you use core cell?

Here is my stubbie copy
One layer 9mm ply with 6mm ply stripes on sides for strength.
http://gallery.kiteforum.com/gallery/al ... ubbie_copy

p.s. How to paste picture here ?

How wide can you go with those stubby boards

It seems bizarre to me that a short 115 board with the same width as a 150cm board (say 37-39) works better in light winds.

I would have thought a stubby board should be much wider, like 45cm.

What makes a shorter board with the same width as a longer board work just as well (if not better)

Would a 115cm*45cm stubby with no concave work well

once you get past forty cm wide things get tough to turn unless you have a good rail profile, ie curve along the board.

http://gallery.kiteforum.com/gallery/al ... mith1_copy

120 x 40.
10mm nomex honeycomb core 3x 120 gm/m sq unidirectional prepreg carbon.

What makes a shorter board with the same width as a longer board work just as well (if not better)

Rockerline!

My rather flat boards of 118x37.5 is planing earlier than the old curvy large twintips.

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