Hi
I have a takuma kujira helium 1500 foil (the white one) and i want to consult how good is its glide. I use de 1500 only in light winds (11-16 knots). My jibes only work when I am powerful in a gust and when I take off in very light winds the flight doesn't continue without care, I have to pump to keep it. I have tried with different stabs, but similar performance.
A colleague of mine tells me the glide of this foil is not good enough, but everybody says it's a very good foil.
Thanks for the feedback.
Hi, I've ridden this foil for lightwind winging and supfoiling a couple of years ago.
The only parameter I can think of from what you describe is shimming the stab.
Do you have a 3 red shims set with this foil? They are marked -0,5 / -1 / -1,5.
This set came included with the early Takumas and then dissapeared from the package.
Anyway, I allways used the -1,5 shim when winging with the Takumas.
Just to be clear, the thick part of those shims gets under the leading edge of the stab and tames down the tendancy to breach.
As a result the glide was really improved.
You can find alternative sets of shim that fit the V1 Takumas.
It's not clear if the originals were in mm. or degrees.
According to a friend using another shimset the Takumas were in mm. and a -1 degree matches the glide of the -1,5mm Takuma shim.
Hope this is clear enough.
The helium 1500 was a good foil, plenty good enough to gybe consistently and ride light winds on when it was in production.
This kinda sounds like something else is going on. Have one of your friends who says it's a good foil ride it around for a few minutes. They might notice something that is off and be able to tell you what's up.
