My bad I didn't see itPeter_Frank wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:45 amPemba wrote he got the Clearwater foil kit :
https://www.clearwaterfoils.com/collect ... ofoil-kits
PF
My bad I didn't see itPeter_Frank wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:45 amPemba wrote he got the Clearwater foil kit :
https://www.clearwaterfoils.com/collect ... ofoil-kits
PF
Wow, illegal to kite the state park lakes? Is this all year or is it something related (like I have here) to a migratory bird nesting nonsense from April to September?Anthonyshopguy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:52 pmCo made it illegal to kite on state park lakes, which is 95% Of the lakes here.
Better gear will improve your mood, especially a bigger wing. Stall speed is almost zero and cruising speed has a huge range.socommk23 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:57 pmI tried foiling twice last year and got bored of face planting very quick. Just got back round to it in the last week or so, 5 short sessions in now and im making progress with nice controlled gliding hops and trying for longer flights while getting used to the speed I need to lift and understanding what it feels like when I stall the foil.
This is all on my home made carbon foil loosely based on the clearwaterfoil design and an old cut down flexi foil pirate board.
Getting the bug. Just waiting for the weather.
Sounds like the stabilizer wing is upside down.evan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:11 amI rode a home build Clearwater foil a month ago. Don't know if the owner made a mistake in the glass layup, but it only worked at very low speeds close to stalling. If I wanted to go any faster it started to vibrate so heavily that it lost all lift in a split second and crashing every time you hit this speed wall.
Constantly balancing your speed between stalling and crashing or going a tiny bit faster, still at walking speeds, getting a vibration without warning and crashing made it a very awkward, unpleasant and difficult experience even for an experienced rider. So I don't recommend this to a beginner. Maybe if you wrap it with enough carbon to make it a lot stiffer it can be made rideable, but still the wings are pretty small and you only know if it works good enough if you are an experienced foiler.
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