In the "Who's riding thread" I posted some pictures, but wanted to give a better view of the fin pod on this board. After last season James wanted a board with more "squirt" - the quick acceleration you get with the first few pumps.
We tried quads and those generate incredible top end speed, but I wasn't able to configure a quad that was decent when ridden below 15 mph. They felt stiff and interrupted rotational surface moves. I'm sure the quad guru's know how to make them work, but I'm not one of those folks!
I tried a few different attempts at twinzers and those were closer, but were a bit stiff also. Very fast boards and I would guess that contributed to the stiffness.
Rusty manufactured a fin set up called a C-5. It was basically a Thruster design with small leading fins. These fins are typically called C-5's. Futures manufactures the boxes and there are two fins which fit into them, one is smaller and is found on the Walzer. The other is the TW-1 and comes as part of Futures Twinzer fin combo. I believe the TW-1 leading fin is about 3.25 deep, the smaller C-5 is about 2 3/8" deep.
After fiddling with fin placement (cant, toe-in, location) for what seemed like months, we finally found a good combination. It gave the extra squirt, without stiffening up the tail so much (the backside surface 3 shows that it's still loose enough for behind the boat). This shot gives a pretty good look at the leading C-5's which are black.
There are a ton of fin combinations and board shapes that haven't been tested yet behind the boat. I'm looking forward to the experimentation of seasoned shapers as they become accoustomed to the specifics of the boat.
We tried quads and those generate incredible top end speed, but I wasn't able to configure a quad that was decent when ridden below 15 mph. They felt stiff and interrupted rotational surface moves. I'm sure the quad guru's know how to make them work, but I'm not one of those folks!
I tried a few different attempts at twinzers and those were closer, but were a bit stiff also. Very fast boards and I would guess that contributed to the stiffness.
Rusty manufactured a fin set up called a C-5. It was basically a Thruster design with small leading fins. These fins are typically called C-5's. Futures manufactures the boxes and there are two fins which fit into them, one is smaller and is found on the Walzer. The other is the TW-1 and comes as part of Futures Twinzer fin combo. I believe the TW-1 leading fin is about 3.25 deep, the smaller C-5 is about 2 3/8" deep.
After fiddling with fin placement (cant, toe-in, location) for what seemed like months, we finally found a good combination. It gave the extra squirt, without stiffening up the tail so much (the backside surface 3 shows that it's still loose enough for behind the boat). This shot gives a pretty good look at the leading C-5's which are black.
There are a ton of fin combinations and board shapes that haven't been tested yet behind the boat. I'm looking forward to the experimentation of seasoned shapers as they become accoustomed to the specifics of the boat.