Easy way to position your wing foil mast on your board with no trial and error
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- People often determine placement by how easy or difficult it is to launch onto the foil. But I feel it's better to move your feet on the board to enable you to launch, as needed.
This positioning technique optimizes for balance once you have launched, which I prefer to make a priority.
Why is it good to align your foil with the Center of Gravity (CG) of the board?
This positioning technique creates dynamic balance when up on the foil.
When pumping the foil there is as much weight in front and in back of the foil lift point, making it easier to keep the foil board level for efficiency.
When turning the foil board there is as much weight in front and in back of the foil lift point, which is the center of carving rotation.
Some people may say there is more to foil positioning than these factors, but I think most would agree that this is at least a good place to start!
I personally just simply use this technique and make all other required adjustments with my foot and body positioning.
00:00 How to position your foil on your board to create balance
01:15 Adjusting for a slightly unbalanced placement
01:57 Why is it good to align your foil with the CG of the foil board?
Yup, been using this method for ages, and works everytime. Great video, nice and easy for others to understand
Hi David, this is a very pragmatic way for a set up, not that complicate as shown in other vids. Let me say that I watch a lot of winging vids, but yours are among the best. Regards from Europe, Rudolf
Thanks so much!
Very good tip!
I'm always afraid to use a drill because I don't want to make it too tight or too loose. Is there a setting on the drill that you use so that it tightens with the correct torque?
Yes! My driver (DeWalt DCD701F2) has settings for the amount of fastener torque you want, 1-15. Once the screws loosened when I only used the 15 setting, so now I actually turn the drill by hand without pulling the trigger, to finish tightening by adding a 1/4 turn or so. You have to keep turning until the drill stops clicking, then it acts as a manual wrench!
When I loosen, I use the drill setting.
I have a fanatic sky air 5’10” pump up board that is impossible to get on the foil , so with your centre of gravity check I found the front of the board very very heavy with the mast all the way forward . I have checked the weight of the board and for water within all ok . Have also tried riding the board with my feet and weight back just goes unstable . Is it me or the board ! Have you any ideas to make it work
Sorry to hear about your troubles. All the way forward should be okay, if you stand far enough forward to balance your weight over the foil. Please use my L formula and tell me the number of your set up. Read about it here wingcoachdavid.com/2023/09/06/wing-foiling-lift-potential-l-formula-launched-with-new-on-line-bulletin-board-to-help-each-other-pick-the-best-equipment-set-up/
Sign up for my new (beta period) lift BB to get your L numbers automatically. wingcoachdavid.com/liftbb/index.php.
My latest videos explain, too.
Size/style/profile of the front foil and length of the fuselage doesnt matter? I doubt...
You can always use this as a starting point and adjust from there as you see fit!
Would this work if your board has footstraps ?
I'm not so qualified to answer, as I don't use them yet. However I would think it would be possible with most boards to position the foot straps so they were over the balance point of the board.
No it wouldn’t work with foot straps. With straps you have to move the foil until the lift point is under your feet.
Thanks Rod. I agree this could be the case for some foilboard designs. It depends on the proper placement of the strap inserts and which ones you have chosen to use. Someday I could follow up with another more in-depth video, to suggest how to find the best place to attach your straps, but I'm not "there" yet!
Unfortunately, the "L" stance I teach isn't well supported by the insert placements I've ever seen come on a board. On my (new to me) sinker, I've had to use stick-on strap plates for the outer ends of the front straps. But again that's a discussion I'll engage in at another time!
@@wingcoachdavid Like David said, this method is a good starting point and works best without straps. If you have determined your center of gravity, start foiling without straps and carefully watch your foot position in various wind and swell positions. Learn what foot position works best for your and place your straps here. Now you can make adjustment according to the weather conditions by moving the foil again (as it is much harder to move the straps). The whole thing becomes a little more tricky when you start using different front wings. Just changing my stabilizer I will have to move my foil 6 cm (!!!) forward. So in the end, it's still a lot of trial and error.
My initial reaction was yes because I guess you want the balance point between the footstraps, but if you have two front footstraps then you would end up with the foil further forward than if you had one.