DIY Hydrofoil Construction - Red Rocket V7

[@willembrussow309]

Like everyone else, I am very much looking forward to the test video

[@Janpva.]

insane.. and great taste with the Tintin rocket paint.

[@sabellnikov]

Looks perfect, even that isn't computer designed, I'd say you're handy master

[@kevculmstock1]

That's a beautiful thing man.

[@danielscheibe2789]

Awesome done, looking forward to see how it performs in water! thanks for sharing the process, keep on the good work!

[@justinmcginley7325]

Great work! What thickness ply are you using?

[@arthurfoil]

C'est incroyable BRAVO

[@ThePilgrim38]

Ça y est, tu mets des gants!

[@santiagoXIX66]

nice work.

[@AntoineHeurtier-g5b]

That looks very good ! I am going to maje myself a frontwing for wingfoiling propably using this method (try to copy another front wing that I have). Do you have any tips for me not to waste time and money?? Thank you so much

[@marieerwan9212]

Superbe tintin foil!

[@DanielStollmeyer]

Woooow looks epic, relly high aspect really low SA! Must be a speed demon man, looking forward to a test clip

[@noomapollo5389]

Beautiful job! Very small and very fast! I guess it is for kiting. What kind of cloth did you use to laminate? It looks like it has a shiny plastic liner to keep it together. You used vegetable shortening for your mold release? Does that work to release the mast screws also? (or maybe you removed when still soft.)

[@giorgio4660]

Hey man, great work, keep enjoying it. Bit curious, how much thick this is? 2cm?

[@youdigsurf]

look like the tintin rocket, hope we will see it tested soon =).

[@StefanWelker]

do you have issues with the mast / foil connection wearing out or not being strong enough ?

[@HANDIY]

no issues so far. THe mast still fits very tightly into the foils. But technically if it wore out, I would simply add a light coat of epoxy to the mast end that fits into the foil and it would be very tight again.

[@StefanWelker]

@@HANDIY i was worried about stress points against the mast because with aluminum mast / fuse connections there is often a tuttle like piece that is inserted into the fuse, where there is a direct connection with yours, maybe that problem is nonexistent with the hardness and because carbon does not bend... your foils are certainly quite an impressive work, given that most manufacturers fill the inside of foils with a foam piece, maybe the plywood exceeds that strength by quite a bit. Do you just eyeball the airfoil shape with experience or do you make it with a template ?

[@HANDIY]

@@StefanWelker I Eyeball my shapes, yes plywood with the right amount of carbon is serioulsy strong.But connection points of my foil are always surrounded by just epoxy/filler/carbon.

[@lomicwind]

To the moon :)

[@diegogorrieri]

308 cm sooo small Wonder how fast you can go on it

[@willembrussow309]

I am hoping you survived the test ride!! No test video yet:)

[@HANDIY]

thanks, i havn't flown it yet, not much wind lately and lots of surf, but once the conditons line up i'll be a making test video, cheers!

[@willembrussow309]

@@HANDIY looking forward to it. Happy you are OK! 🥸🤠🤓

[@robertcain3426]

Do the wings have any degrees of attack in relation to one another? Cheers

[@willembrussow309]

Just found this video again. Any updates?

[@charlesosterlund7303]

Now to ride