Hello windsurfer!
For those who doesn’t know it yet, Levarius is a group of 5 mechanical engineering students from the University of Sherbrooke in Québec. The group is actually working on a prototype of hydrofoil windsurf. To help us in finding the needs for such product we would REALLY appreciate that you take a couple minutes of your time to answer our questionnaire.
1- For how many years have you been riding?
2- How many times do you ride per year?
3- Where do you usually ride? (Country, Area, Lake or ocean)
4- In what wind conditions do you ride?
5- What’s the best wind for going out?
6- What’s the average size of the waves that you encounter while windsurfing in the conditions answered in 5?
7- Are the waves a problem for you?
8- Try to evaluate the % of your board in contact with water while riding at full speed.
9- Have you ever tried windsurfing with a hydrofoil? If yes, how many times?
10- What would be the ideal characteristics of a hydrofoil windsurf excluding the price? (Put as much details as you can)
11- What would be the 3 must have of a hydrofoil windsurf in the list bellow? Pleas put a X in front of the selected items.
___ Good stability
___ Good manoeuvrability
___ Elevation of 1 foot
___ Elevation of 2 feet
___ Elevation of 3 feet
___ Elevation of 4 feet
___ Elevation of 5 feet
___ High speed
___ Allow jumping
___ Good appearance
___ Low speed take-off
___ Adjustable take-off speeds
___ Low weight
___ Secure
___ Durability
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Originally posted by hrc25
Have a look at this video
Interesting - although overtaken by standard style windsurfer at the end of the video.
Hydrofoils in surfing were originally played with to overcome the bumpy ride on the wave face due to wind and the fact that the surfboard was quite small. This is not really the case with a windsurfer.
