WARP Drive BLEF foil fins ready to go

Discussion in 'Global Surf Talk' started by Roy Stuart, Dec 13, 2013.

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  1. Dec 20, 2013 #21
    Roy Stuart

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    Hi Charles, we can do a 9" fin maximum.

    The price takes into account the necessary expenses, plus a few hours of hand finishing work. 3D printing is not a cheap option.
     
    Roy Stuart, Dec 20, 2013
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  3. Dec 20, 2013 #22
    Roy Stuart

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    Here's a 9" fin in blue, prior to hand finishing:


    [​IMG]
     
    Roy Stuart, Dec 20, 2013
    Roy Stuart, Dec 20, 2013

  5. Dec 20, 2013 #23
    yankee

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    chucka-boo-boo, you & the gnome are the ones that keep bringing this inane thread back into view.
    The only ones interested in this spew are you & your da-da aka the gnome.

    Everyone else already let you know what a clown act you're living; isn't it about time you posted your holiday vine, y'know, the one where you burst out of a cake & into gnome's beard...?
     
    yankee, Dec 20, 2013
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  6. Dec 20, 2013 #24
    leethestud

    leethestud Well-Known Member

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    $169, Roy, I am really proud of you for being somewhat realistic on this endeavor. I would actually consider using one if I didn't think Yankee would shoot me for it. Fits a standard longboard finbox I assume? Can you break it down for a cave man like myself, what does it offer that my normal fins don't?http://wp.surfride.com/2012/02/fin-guide-longboard-580.jpg

    Don't mind yankee, he is just bitter because I stood him up on our date at the truck stop men's room on saturday ;)
     
    leethestud, Dec 20, 2013
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  7. Dec 20, 2013 #25
    Cuck Taylor

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    Looks like a solid Christmas gift if I've ever seen one. These things are really cool
     
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  8. Dec 20, 2013 #26
    yankee

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    Looks like something that a Maine latex rapist would scrape out his bunghole with.
     
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  9. Dec 20, 2013 #27
    Cuck Taylor

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    Yankee stop being a troll please. Thanks.
     
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  10. Dec 20, 2013 #28
    HARDCORESHARTHUFFER-RI

    HARDCORESHARTHUFFER-RI Well-Known Member

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    Roy u take bitcoin? you say cut out middle man, cut out the banks too. peer to peer currency exchange. its the future
     
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  11. Dec 20, 2013 #29
    RhodyPedro

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    Looks like a humpback whale fin. Aren't whales really slow movers?
     
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  12. Dec 20, 2013 #30
    yankee

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    And Bingo was his name.

    Well, the trolls who would take violent exception to your observation are 'Them Who Know Better Than The Human Race,' aka chucka-boo-boo & his dad-da the gnome.

    These are two trolls whose seed was spread by aliens over two earth hemispheres. They were then mysteriously given basic human tools such as planers & lathes with the results, sadly, being the constant online flogging by said trolls of their demented shop projects as 'better technology' and 'the best surfboards on the planet' as well as somehow being worth $500k per chunk of plywood, or more.
     
    yankee, Dec 20, 2013
    yankee, Dec 20, 2013
  13. Dec 21, 2013 #31
    TheWocal

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    How bout a fin that is warped all the way around? Betcha that would provide a unique ride.
     
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  14. Dec 21, 2013 #32
    Roy Stuart

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    The bumpy leading edge gives huge gains ( around 40%) in the angle of attack capability, and unlike conventional leading edges maintains high lift right up to the stall zone. There is also increased lift and lower drag.
     
    Roy Stuart, Dec 21, 2013
    Roy Stuart, Dec 21, 2013
  15. Dec 21, 2013 #33
    Roy Stuart

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    The humpbacked whale is an agile creature and its flippers are a better model for surfboard fins than the fins belonging to high speed fish.

    http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/biomechanics/082067/as-the-whale-turns

    Fish fins are not analagous to surfboard fins. The flexibility of fish bodies means that they turn without subjecting fins to a high angle of attack, and the fin does little of the work of either propulsion or turning The Whale flipper on the other hand needs to operate at high angles of attack.

    Adapting the whale flipper to higher speeds is simply a matter of adjusting the chord ratio and foil profile of the fin.

    Furthermore upright elliptical planform fins are inherently more efficient than raked fins like the Greenough.

    [​IMG]
     
    Roy Stuart, Dec 21, 2013
    Roy Stuart, Dec 21, 2013
  16. Dec 21, 2013 #34
    yankee

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    The gnome apparently used to work at NOAA.

    That pic looks like the medical scans of what was pulled out of chucka-boo-boo's rectum. Must be nice to finally be able to sit down without a ripping sensation in your bowels, eh boo-boo?
     
    yankee, Dec 21, 2013
    yankee, Dec 21, 2013
  17. Dec 21, 2013 #35
    chicharronne

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    GEEBUS KRIPES, GIVE IT A BREAK! or come up with some different material. unless yer just a 1 trick pony. In that case, just apply a number to each of your 2 rants, it's fast and it'll save you from getting carpel tunnel syndrome. like just put #1, we'll all know, chuckabooboo rectum. and #2, Chuckaboo and his dada,
     
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  18. Dec 21, 2013 #36
    RhodyPedro

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    That's an interesting article. I always thought someting swept like a Greenough 4-A or tuna's fin was most efficient/less drag; however, I'm not ready to scallop the leading edge of my fins yet. I will be waiting to hear some reports from other surfers who buy one.
     
    RhodyPedro, Dec 21, 2013
    RhodyPedro, Dec 21, 2013
  19. Dec 22, 2013 #37
    yankee

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    The one-trick VB pony has spoken; er, that would be you, macaroni: the country goombah wannabe who figured out how to copy & paste & bores everyone with conspiracy theories & archy-fan-club stuff.
    What, have you picked up emass8's superiority mantle after last weekend's mackin' swell in VB?

    Tell us how to live, how to post, how to surf, macaroni buoy.
     
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  20. Dec 22, 2013 #38
    Cuck Taylor

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    Me likey very much
     
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  21. Dec 22, 2013 #39
    chicharronne

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    just poking keys doesn't count, Yacky Doodle Doo. try to form sentences like wacky tooky toodle snordge.
     
    chicharronne, Dec 22, 2013
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  22. Dec 22, 2013 #40
    yankee

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    OTJ drug testing....it's a good thing you're not subject to it, macaroni. :rolleyes:
     
    yankee, Dec 22, 2013
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