I would love to hear your thoughts on the sharpness / pointiness of the ends of the tips of front and rear foil. While it may be an accaptable risk for the highest performance foils at least for most intermediate riders the benefit of not beeing afraid to cut yourself would outweight the small performance panalty. After all the fantastic gains in performance in the recent years, I would immediately exchange 5% performance for a safer foil. Many, even some pros round the tips by sanding, but why not include it in the design in the first place?
@@dinge6670 although they look sharp, we always include a little radius at the end to make sure the wing tips aren't "deadly sharp". Whichever way you look at it, for best performance out of a wing, and by that I mean in terms of lowering the drag generated by the wing, you need to have somehow thin wingtips. On our more beginner oriented wings such as the Lift and the Free range, we compromise some of that low drag performance in favour of thicker and safer wingtips.
Hi, If I want to use the Hyperglide 880 cm2 for winging, I guess the main challenge will be lift in low wind conditions, right ? Is the lift comparable with the 750 Glide ?
Hi there, actually the lift will be higher than the 750, as the Hyperglide is made for downwinding on a downwinder with a paddle or prone board, without the assistance of a wing - so lower top end speed, but better lift and glide. Therefore if you want to wing with foils below 1000, I would really reccomend to choose a Carve 2.0/Glide or Whizz, but not the Hyperglide purely for winging.
Please keep on doing tech talks on foils, it is so interesting !
thanks, feel free to ask q's!
I would love to hear your thoughts on the sharpness / pointiness of the ends of the tips of front and rear foil.
While it may be an accaptable risk for the highest performance foils at least for most intermediate riders the benefit of not beeing afraid to cut yourself would outweight the small performance panalty.
After all the fantastic gains in performance in the recent years, I would immediately exchange 5% performance for a safer foil.
Many, even some pros round the tips by sanding, but why not include it in the design in the first place?
@@dinge6670 although they look sharp, we always include a little radius at the end to make sure the wing tips aren't "deadly sharp". Whichever way you look at it, for best performance out of a wing, and by that I mean in terms of lowering the drag generated by the wing, you need to have somehow thin wingtips. On our more beginner oriented wings such as the Lift and the Free range, we compromise some of that low drag performance in favour of thicker and safer wingtips.
Looks great! Any plans for a longer dlab tail like 50 to get closer to 74cm long fuse for more pitch stability?
Yes we are working on a 47cm tail which we will bring with our Blitz "Freerace" front wing in Spring next year.
Hi, If I want to use the Hyperglide 880 cm2 for winging, I guess the main challenge will be lift in low wind conditions, right ?
Is the lift comparable with the 750 Glide ?
Hi there, actually the lift will be higher than the 750, as the Hyperglide is made for downwinding on a downwinder with a paddle or prone board, without the assistance of a wing - so lower top end speed, but better lift and glide. Therefore if you want to wing with foils below 1000, I would really reccomend to choose a Carve 2.0/Glide or Whizz, but not the Hyperglide purely for winging.