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- Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:21 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Evolution how it works
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4607
Re: Evolution how it works
They were smaller it was 2 weeks work to make them larger I wish I could change between the two on the test day
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 5:24 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Evolution how it works
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4607
Re: Evolution how it works
Strangely it needs me to move far forward when riding on steep faces, not one of my better boards still better than a sponge board
- Sat May 19, 2018 8:32 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: my first paipo 44
- Replies: 74
- Views: 21472
Re: my first paipo 44
Cross drill the fins layer 6 oz and epoxy filler and shape whatever foil profile finish with 6oz cloth much safer
- Fri May 04, 2018 11:47 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7959
Re: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
Scroll Concave on the tail v blended into the flat
- Fri May 04, 2018 11:31 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7959
Re: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
It has to be done .It will make a very strong structure it looks like it will tow well.
- Fri May 04, 2018 4:41 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7959
Re: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
You are on the right track, a wonderful cerebral exercise, trying to understand riding waves .I was lucky having lots of good warm water waves to test on, my biggest problem was getting verifiable test data, on incremental board changes. No wave is ever the same, maybe wave pools with lots of video ...
- Wed May 02, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7959
Re: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
Forget trying to fly
- Wed May 02, 2018 5:53 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7959
Re: 8ft waves with wind paipo?
This board is exceptional in big cross chop
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Evolution how it works
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4607
Re: Evolution how it works
Looking forward to this test
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:11 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Evolution how it works
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4607
Evolution how it works
Leave the board in wet beach sand for a month, and the fins grow out
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:39 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: TBG5
- Replies: 120
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Re: TBG5
Gee I fell so isolated, I did not realize I was such a minority??
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:35 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Re: Inverse Rail Board
Second test completed , the 1 in keel that I thought was going make the board run straight as an arrow, I found as it gets up on a rail in the wave face there is a transition faze were the out ward wash pushes the keel and yaws the board sideways. The idea off focusing water flow clearly works but n...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:23 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Re: Inverse Rail Board
The other problem is I am finding bruises and tender spots that I never got with other boards.
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:36 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Re: Inverse Rail Board
First test on Sunday 1.3 m @ 13 sec onshore winds with blue bottles ,set waves closing out .It rode the inside mush well getting on top off and making even the teeniest waves great fun.unfortunatly all the bigger pitching faces ended in spectacular nose dives it seems to jump out of the wave face . ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:57 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Re: Inverse Rail Board
I only use 6 oz now and has 3 m of cloth in it, 5 layers on the inside of the rails it’s strong with some flex hoping to teats on Sunday. Always exciting riding a new design for the first time! The last board set very high standards
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:21 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Re: Inverse Rail Board
Torque
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:44 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Re: Inverse Rail Board
I guess the idea is to focus the water flow, to get better lift at lower speed. It is ultimately no faster at top end but you get there faster, like a car with lots of toque
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:31 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Inverse Rail Board
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7549
Inverse Rail Board
The idea is to have the thinnest rails with bouncy. Obviously the rail will be fragile being so thin
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:50 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: My first mono rail Paipo in my signature style
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19112
Re: My first mono rail Paipo in my signature style
This one goes well
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:53 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Mermaid Tails
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6735
Re: Mermaid Tails
What must I do change my log in details I presume??!!