R&D Journal
1.2.1 Concave Foils
Spent some time today digging into inside foil concaves and where the extra speed in small waves comes from. It comes down to camber. Standard side fins are flat on...
1.2.1 Concave Foils
Spent some time today digging into inside foil concaves and where the extra speed in small waves comes from. It comes down to camber. Standard side fins are flat on...
1.2 Foil Cheapness
You don’t need a foil to make lift. A piece of plywood screwed to the bottom of a board works - it would also be miserable. What a foil gets...
1.2 Foil Cheapness
You don’t need a foil to make lift. A piece of plywood screwed to the bottom of a board works - it would also be miserable. What a foil gets...
1.1 Angle of Attack
Thinking about fins as wings: same object, same mechanism, and it all comes down to angle of attack. A wing is bolted to the fuselage and has no angle of...
1.1 Angle of Attack
Thinking about fins as wings: same object, same mechanism, and it all comes down to angle of attack. A wing is bolted to the fuselage and has no angle of...
2. Case Study - Captain Fin Co Dane Fins
A build-in-public journal entry — why these fins actually work, and what to take from them. What it actually is I've had a few fins over the years where I...
2. Case Study - Captain Fin Co Dane Fins
A build-in-public journal entry — why these fins actually work, and what to take from them. What it actually is I've had a few fins over the years where I...
1. Foil and Lift
Beyond the fun drawings and the eclectic art — all the simplicity and unseriousness — we do give a rat's ass, a big one, about building the best possible fin....
1. Foil and Lift
Beyond the fun drawings and the eclectic art — all the simplicity and unseriousness — we do give a rat's ass, a big one, about building the best possible fin....