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Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:51 am
by ahmthai
My new old school "woody" hydrofoil.

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:35 pm
by Lokihel
Is that a really good paint job or is your mast wood?

I suspect you may have added an aluminium core or something.


And seriously, is that a leash attachment on the nose of your board?? :roll:

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:26 pm
by Bluecrewmark
Sweet!!! Now can you give us the run down on your materials and building method? We are, after all, DIYers! Thanks Man

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:01 pm
by plummet
Nice. Very clean. I too assume you have some reinforcement In the mast. If not it will be too flexi and potentially break.

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:00 am
by ahmthai
The strut core is carbon fiber construction which is finished with 0.2mm real wood veneer. I sealed the wood with carbosil filler mixed with epoxy. The wood is just cosmetic.

The leash plug at the front is for holding on to the board when body dragging out through waves and to attached the board to a leash if the kite goes down in light wind. Often the board will drift ahead when trying to relaunch and has the potential to get tangled in the lines. Also, having the board with you creates addition drag which helps in lightwind relaunch.

-Andrew

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:12 am
by plummet
ahmthai wrote:
Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:00 am
The strut core is carbon fiber construction which is finished with 0.2mm real wood veneer. I sealed the wood with carbosil filler mixed with epoxy. The wood is just cosmetic.

The leash plug at the front is for holding on to the board when body dragging out through waves and to attached the board to a leash if the kite goes down in light wind. Often the board will drift ahead when trying to relaunch and has the potential to get tangled in the lines. Also, having the board with you creates addition drag which helps in lightwind relaunch.

-Andrew

Stealth carbon! I like it.
Nice

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:09 pm
by TomW
How about carbon Core and shitty HDPE skins? Protect the cf..

Re: Carbon, steel, wood

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:11 pm
by tahoedirk
awesome!