Fixing Rear Stabilizers

Tim called me after the Saturday dawn patrol - he grounded his foil on the way in and the rear stabilizer (Armstrong V 200) lost a tip and some of the material where it wasn't supposed to come off (inside the "cut" chop shop line).  I told him to bring it by so I could look at it.  This tip was not salvageable (like Harris' stabilizer was). 

I took the rough edges off, balanced the other side and poured some epoxy.  I let it sit over night, then started to rough shape.  Here's the initial result.

I asked if he wanted the tips to be sharp - he said no.  I dulled them down (just a slight rounding), then wet sanded the affected areas.  At this point I also wet sanded my chopped down 300 to get the reef rash off (had to balance the other side as well).

Wet sanding works miracles!

Mid Day Session - 4/22/2021

I did get out today for a couple of hours.  It was a little windy (but it would have been marginal winging), but the tide was favorable for taking out the Armstrong foil and there was surf coming in around waist high.

And here is the setup.  I originally set the mast up way forward - pretty much where I have the CF1200/300 set up.  I got 5 waves with that configuration, after which I went ahead and pulled the mast back a couple of notched.  I caught 3 on that setting, then decided to pull it back some more.  This was pretty much where the HS1250/232 would normally be set up.  Finally, I took it back a little further and there it stays for now.

I caught three notable waves today.  First was the pump back out ride - after riding a wave towards the beach, I pulled off the wave and started pumping out.  Once up and going, this front foil definitely moves with little user in put.  The last adjustment made the foil behave better - but this foil did not have the normal "carry" that I've become accustomed to - so much so that on two separate waves, I was riding and suddenly dropped off foil.  This front foil definitely can move, but you need to keep your speed up.  More to follow on this - 

Latest Round of Garage Work Coming to a Close

I've been back in Florida visiting my Dad - that's why the posts have been scant as of late - but I got back yesterday.  This morning I drilled out the holes to 1/4" on Roland's fuselage.  I also used the tap to thread the holes.

I'm going to get one more thin layer of epoxy on, do some fine sanding and then install the helicoils.

I also got Jimmy's paddle finalized.

Lastly - since I sold the Slingshot Hover Glide foils, I used the proceeds to purchase this fine cardbox box:

As well as these items inside - the new FV200 rear stabilizer...

And the HA1125 front foil

I bolted on the A+ 60cm fuselage (did not drill the mast holes for the barrel nut - not sure if I'm going to or not), and got the front foil and rear stabilizer mounted.

More on this...