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Fällbar fena
Utdrag från idé jag presenterat för Tor och Starboard R&D Team:
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Folding fin, Tor/starb.team3/15/2004 4:12:17 PM
Hi Tor and Starboard team!
This is not the first time I write to you about my idea for Starboard to produce a folding fin systeme.I´m glad for the positive response I´ve already got from you about the folding fin.
I´ve choosen to present my idea to Starboard, because I´ve found Starboard to bee the most creative boardproducer.My idea has evolved from the early folding centerboards, that didn´t retract into the hull, -they just folded back under the hull, easily done with a foot-knob.
The folding fin has lots of positive effects;
Fin straight down: upwind race trim.
Fold it a little bit back and you´ll get better control overpovered in chop.
Sweep it back to 40-45 degrees and it sheds weeds, -you don´t have to buy separate weedfins.
Fold it back even more and you can sail out through shallow waters, and fold it down when you reach deeper waters.
The dreadful long walks with classic formula fins, to be able to start sailing on deeper water, will be history.One more positive effect with the folding fin, is when you hit bottom, or something in the water at full speed, -the folding fin automatically folds back.
No more crashed fins and boxes.Tor and Starboard Team, -have you given this project more thought?
I´d be glad if you could fulfil my wish for the folding fin.Keep up your creative work, it has done wonders for the sport. -Ulf
Ulf Astrom (ulf.astrom@skola.skelleftea.se )
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3/16/2004 12:47:34 AM
Many thanks Ulf. It is nice of you to turn to us.
There is a lot of stuff going on in R&D dep. at the moment, and the boys in there should be the ones to talk to. I will ask them to get back to you directly.Cheers,
Tor (tor@star-board.com )-Det ser ut som om vi kan få se min idé implementerad/förverkligad i windsurfingsporten, efter mina kontakter med R&D-Teamet.
-Tänk på den fart du kommer att få i frisk vind på slör, med 10-40 grader bakfälld fena. Vilket ger bakflyttad hydrodynamisk lateraltryckpunkt och därmed mindre våtyta på brädan.(-Seglet kan lutas mer bakåt eftersom den aerodynamika tryckpunkten alltid harmonierar med den hydrodynamiska) Mvh. -Ulf
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