Learning to Dockstart A Small Hydrofoil | Spitfire 960

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
  • In this video we see if I can learn to dockstart the Axis Spitfire 960 in one session. No better motivation than a creek full of garbage!
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  • @Cacheola
    @Cacheola 19 дней назад +4

    Did he actually state his weight in grams, lmao

  • @TylerKaraszewski
    @TylerKaraszewski 5 дней назад +1

    We've got to find you a cleaner lake. :)

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  5 дней назад +1

      Yeah, the creek is straight up nasty lol

  • @yvonvite3670
    @yvonvite3670 20 дней назад +4

    Love the aligator story. 🤣

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад +1

      It was the 2nd one in like 30 minutes. Why is it always crackheads telling me these things 😅

  • @youhavequasp
    @youhavequasp 11 дней назад +1

    Kudos to you getting that small foil going off the dock.
    You mind some input? I would think you actually don’t need to do such a long runup. It looks like you’re even decelerating a bit again before you jump off the dock. Maybe doing just two or three steps and give it all you got will even better your success?

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  11 дней назад

      Thanks for the input! You could be right and it may help improve consistency. I'll give it a shot next week and see how it goes 🤘🏼

  • @RCKahuna150
    @RCKahuna150 21 день назад +1

    Awesome job!
    I love my 960 paired with foildrive for flat water efoil carving! At 53 not sure if I’ll be able to dock start the 960..
    Again, nice job 🤙😎

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  21 день назад

      Thanks! The 960 has been an absolute blast to pump and carve behind the boat. I agree though, the dockstart can be tough!

    • @RCKahuna150
      @RCKahuna150 17 дней назад

      Question, does your dock there allow your foil tips to not hit the flotation underneath? I’ve not been able to find a local dock that doesn’t have concrete floats underwater even with the edge of the dock 🤦‍♂️

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  17 дней назад

      @RCKahuna150 So for this dock it's super nice because it's just a floating plastic dock that sits a couple inches in the water. The con is that it's really low. The dock at the lake I use has dock supports that sit decently deep underwater so the foil has to be pretty low, but since it's a high dock I can use gravity to assist the launch. Where do you foil?

    • @RCKahuna150
      @RCKahuna150 17 дней назад +1

      I’m in the tricites WA area. There’s like 5 foilers around here and I know 4 counting myself😂
      I kinda trail blazing the pump foil thing around here I guess..

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  17 дней назад

      @RCKahuna150 Nice! Do you have any other wings for dockstarting? Sometimes I have to jump start instead depending on the dock height/float situation.

  • @DannyCruzCreations
    @DannyCruzCreations 20 дней назад +1

    Haha. 21 tries isn’t bad. I’m ordering an 1180 for DW paddle up starts but I’m happy to try to dock start it. Also, we don’t have alligators here.

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  19 дней назад +1

      You'll love the 1180 for dockstarts for sure! Also the lack of gators will help too 😅

    • @DannyCruzCreations
      @DannyCruzCreations 19 дней назад

      @@FoilFanatic42 I thought it was great. "The water is disgusting... motivation not to fall. Then proceeds to fall in it 20 times. :) You got it though!

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  19 дней назад

      @DannyCruzCreations Lol yeah it was nasty, but worth it!

  • @arco2ch
    @arco2ch 20 дней назад

    congrats! looking forward to hear your feedback about duration... currently not sure yet what to keep as 'fun' wing together with the 1401, this will probably push into anaerobic pumping very quickly, but interested to see!

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      It will be a fun test for sure! Which wings do you have along side the 1401 currently?

    • @arco2ch
      @arco2ch 20 дней назад

      @@FoilFanatic42 currently spitfire 1180 and art pro 1201, which i can still start rather comfortably without running as long as there is a bit of drop. Dont want to keep so many wings and was looking at the 960 but cant take the leap of faith. I'd need to pump it for 1 min + in order to go grab some waves further out. If my heart explodes before that (74kg) then it wont do here :/

    • @arco2ch
      @arco2ch 20 дней назад +1

      @@FoilFanatic42 chatting with Yvon after his last video dropped ruclips.net/video/iG8t1Zp1zo4/видео.html -> basically small bumps/waves he took the 1401, big waves then down to the 960... quite impressive

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      @arco2ch Nice! I haven't tried the 1201. Is it compatible to the 1180? For the 960, I think I can get close to a minute on a good day with less trash in the water for sure.

    • @arco2ch
      @arco2ch 20 дней назад

      @@FoilFanatic42 nope - art pro and spitfire feels very different . art pro i dont think is ideal for carving, although with small wingspan is doable. The spitfire rolls much nicer but are a tougher to pump for long, so you want them to play around (short roundtrips) or to reach a wave!

  • @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn
    @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn 16 дней назад

    💕Wow💙💗💗💙💗💗💗💗💗💗

  • @powis-tv8ln
    @powis-tv8ln 21 день назад +1

    Well done! what was the rear wing and fuselage used?

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      Ultrashort advanced+ and skinny 50

    • @powis-tv8ln
      @powis-tv8ln 20 дней назад

      @@FoilFanatic42 thanks! Something the 1180 has in common with the 1150, 1300 is an additional extra degree of angle upwards in the foil. The spitfires 1100 and below (and ART, HPS) don't have as much. I tried adding the +1 shim (comes in the bolt pack) to the rear wing on demo spitfire 1100 and it improved the low end significantly and made it possible to dead start. I have the 960 and great to see you get it going, I was about to give up on it..

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      @powis-tv8ln Interesting on the angle similarities and differences between the setups. Is there a chart for this? I need to experiment with shims for this reason. Definitely keep trying with the 960, it's a fun wing!

  • @downwind_drifter1040
    @downwind_drifter1040 20 дней назад +1

    🤙🤙

  • @slappyosis
    @slappyosis 20 дней назад

    Have you had that water checked for health hazards? I get pumping wings you are good at in the creek by your house but for this video I'd have made the drive to the lake!

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      I have a feeling I don't wanna know haha

  • @EvanFoiling
    @EvanFoiling 20 дней назад +1

    Nice work. Check out my most recent short. I have dockstarted the Spitfire 840 and ART 799 and I’m 170lb.

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      Love to see it! How long can you pump the 840?

    • @EvanFoiling
      @EvanFoiling 20 дней назад

      @@FoilFanatic42 Maybe 30 seconds? I’ll time it next time but I don’t think I can make a minute.

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      @EvanFoiling Would be an interesting data point for sure!

    • @Alfonso_111
      @Alfonso_111 19 дней назад

      Plenty of better foil options out there.

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  19 дней назад

      @@Alfonso_111 What do you use?

  • @apricotscrub
    @apricotscrub 21 день назад

    Ucould dockstart code 770r with way less effort than this spitfire

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  21 день назад

      Really? I've heard code foils ride bigger than the number suggest, but 770cm^2 would be insane! If I ever get access to some code gear I'll definitely give it a shot!

    • @apricotscrub
      @apricotscrub 21 день назад +1

      @@FoilFanatic42 yep the stall speed of the codes are insane. The 860r was like 100x easier than the spitfire 1030 for me to dockstart.

    • @FoilFanatic42
      @FoilFanatic42  20 дней назад

      @apricotscrub Man that's insane! I've seen that they are like crazy thin wings compared to the market standard. How's do they carve and pump compared to the Spitfire?

    • @apricotscrub
      @apricotscrub 20 дней назад +1

      @@FoilFanatic42 the S wings are basically like the art axis but way easier to pump and better turning, the R is like +40% more distance per pump vs S, similar stall speed (860r has better stall than 980s), turns worse than s on waves. The smaller R still turn great as they are tiny wings. Personally there are no code wings I'm doing over 2 minutes on, every run is probably one minute for me, but distance covered is huge. I'm currently on the 1075, I use it both as a prone foil and dockstart. Get around a minute.