Wingfoilboard - Ken Adgate Style
Homebuilt Carbon Sandwich Wingfoilboard
The shape of the board is inspired by the designs of Ken Adgate. My thanks to him for his endless tinkering to get the perfect board shape and his generosity in sharing his ideas.
Dimensions:
163 cm x 49 cm x 14 cm, 78 litres, 4.56 kg with pad
Materials: …
DW-Board full build
Home-build of DW-board for light wind winging, paddle-ups and lake-DW.
The board shape is inspired by Kalama’s Barracuda and KT's Dragonfly.
Dimensions:
240 cm x 50 cm x 16 cm, 115 liters, 5.8 kg without pad
Construction materials:
- Foil tracks: LIO-TEC US FOIL Box 42 cm
- Track box: Airex 80 kg/m3
- EPS: Insulation EPS 15 kg/m3
- Sandwich Standing …
Custom M6-Threaded Footstrap Inserts
Carbon and Stainless Steel
Windsurf board Side Hustle 1 of many..
Brands like Flikka have awesome stainless steel inserts with M6 threads. I wanted something similar for my custom windsurf board and this was the approach:
The basis were stainless steel drive-in nuts that can be bought in any hardware store (don't get the …
Full-Sandwich-Pumpboard
First build of full sandwich double stringer board for pump foiling
After more than a year of pumping with a Pronesurf board it was time to build a real pumping board.
Based on the construction ideas of Christian and with his extensive advice and support I was able to complete this project.
The boardshape is inspired by the WKT from Armstrong. …
Carbon Skate
Lightweight and tough home-made foil pumping board
The biggest issue of my previous build, the Balsa Skate, was that it did not have a rocker. This resulted in two problems:
- it felt like pumping needed more energy in comparison to a board with a rocker
- if submerged deep in the water, the board would slowly soar …
Axis Wing Set
New Beauties for Pumping
After dozens of severe impacts it was about time to replace my old home-made 1150 Axis front wing and my 460 back wing with a new pair.
I've decided to go for ECC eSpread275CHT carbon fiber deck layer because it looks awesome 💪 For making the wings I re-used my …
V-Tail for Pumping
Rapid Prototyping
This v-shaped stabi has been in my head for quite a while already: 240 mm span, 82 sqcm area, GOE599 profile at -2deg AOA.
It feels similar to pumping without a stabilizer but it is more reactive.
"6/10 would not build again 😅 but it paved the way for an …
Sabfoil Balz Pro 799
Copycat Version
Fresh out of the mold 🥰
Works just like the original but is 100g lighter.
Self-made super stiff EPS core with 4 layers on each side:
- 275 g/m² carbon top-layer 0/90°
- 400 g/m² biax carbon ±45°
- 200 g/m² unidirectional carbon
- 240? g/m² glass fiber 0/90°
Since there have been many …
Hydrofoil Build - Part 1: Mast Design
Profile Optimization
There are many great masts out there for hydrofoiling, like the Moses/Sabfoil W85 deep tuttle mast and the new Slingshot ones to name two. But I always had the feeling that it can be done better, this post is the first step in the journey to find out.
When building …
Armstrong Fuselage A+System Upgrade
Drilling Titanium
The latest Armstrong A+System promises a better rigidity between mast-fuselage and fuselage-front wing. For large wings upgrading my old fuselage to the new A+System did indeed improve the firmness of these connections.
If you already have a A+System fuselage but an old mast or front wing you need the Armstrong …