Is this what I need to enable my deep tuttle Infinity foil for a twin track board?
Or is there more to it?
thanks
slingshotaustralia.com.au/products/slingshot-hover-glide-aluminum-top-plate-v2
Hard to tell based on the image, but you might want to make sure it's actually deep tuttle and not regular tuttle box. In the photo, it looks a bit like regular.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
That's the one
but four bolts also of course
sounds like u got a new board.. 
Not yet but I am hooked, and looking head.
😀
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
That's the one
but four bolts also of course
sounds like u got a new board.. Select to expand quoteptsf1111 said..
Hard to tell based on the image, but you might want to make sure it's actually deep tuttle and not regular tuttle box. In the photo, it looks a bit like regular.
Thanks.
Should connect the mast to the plate directly, so the Tuttle option goes away.
Select to expand quoteptsf1111 said..
Hard to tell based on the image, but you might want to make sure it's actually deep tuttle and not regular tuttle box. In the photo, it looks a bit like regular.
Its to bolt onto the mast to make it plate system instead of DT - its correct
If you can find one, get the top base. If you look closely at the two cutouts, there is a tiny crack on both. They haven't gone right through and may well not get any worse. I have seen the same cracking on another one. The cutouts were possibly put in for weight saving??
If you want to try the one in the bottom picture you can have it...
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Select to expand quoteObelix said..
Thanks Ken,
Maybe it can be welded over?
Would that distort the plate?
Don't know about welding but the two I've seen with cracks have been pretty much identical so they may not progress further..????
It may well have been like that for years.
I did swap mine out though. Maybe someone else has more insight about it??
Select to expand quoteHydrosurf said..
I thought the lightweight one was for winging.
Maybe it is but how would anyone know???
patsken said:
Don't know about welding, but the two I've seen with cracks have been pretty much identical so they may not progress further..????
- Well, if a metal starts to crack, the crack will progress under the same load, until catastrophic failure (usually in the worst place, out at sea?).
It may well have been like that for years.
- Agreed, a S-L-O-W crack OR it's just started and been spotted.
I did swap mine out though. Maybe someone else has more insight about it??
- If you did swap it out, maybe cut the area affected in two, so as to see how far the crack has progressed. If you do that, I'd suggest you let Mark Oz know.
If you think about the turbine blades in a jet engine, they are swapped out as soon as the crack is spotted. Different applications, different loads, same result at failure.
Select to expand quoteObelix said..
Thanks Ken,
Maybe it can be welded over?
Would that distort the plate?
I suspect that welding would likely distort the plate. Also, most certainly would create new weak points at the edges of each weld, where the heat changes the structure of the alloy. As well as destroying the anti-corrosion coating. (Speaking of corrosion, there would also be corrosion happening inside those cracks.)
So, any repair would require some extra reinforcement to that area. Looks like SS seriously underestimated the forces between a foil mast and board.
Select to expand quotepatsken said..Hydrosurf said..
I thought the lightweight one was for winging.
Maybe it is but how would anyone know???
Could you call a local shop that used to sell i 76 foil?
Select to expand quoteHydrosurf said..patsken said..Hydrosurf said..
I thought the lightweight one was for winging.
Maybe it is but how would anyone know???
Could you call a local shop that used to sell i 76 foil?
I'm sure our local store would have some info..
The old solid one should work too if you can find one if you have the black and orange mast. There was a wide aluminum mast that had a different plate, maybe that is where the lightweight for wing and wide for windfoil came from. I know in the old days we all windfoiled on the regular width one, but with the full plate. We didn't break the plate, but I broke bolts and fuselages occaisionally.
The black one with orange it is.
Bought it SH.
Not sure which shop used to sell them. Or which one sells them now.
Anyone can help?
Select to expand quoteObelix said..
The black one with orange it is.
Bought it SH.
Not sure which shop used to sell them. Or which one sells them now.
Anyone can help?
Jesper is who was selling them originally here in WA
Select to expand quoteObelix said..
The black one with orange it is.
Bought it SH.
Not sure which shop used to sell them. Or which one sells them now.
Anyone can help?
I would just go with the skeleton one unless you can find the solid online somewhere but they haven't been made in a while
I better have a look!
