Haven't tried the triton but i contacted them a while ago and they replied saying the triton was not for winging. That being said i am sure any big foil would work because i can monofoil on my gong xl rise ( 2100 ) u just have To take off the stab and with my LT curve (1450 ) i can also but it is much too unstable ! With the xl no problem at all i can jibe and tack , but the benifit is not worth the unstability that one masters after 1 or 2 sessions, i put a stab back on but the smallest i could find .
Faster and more fluidity is what you gain .
whooops ! Looked up triton monofoil on the net and it seems now its for winging !
Anyone who has built model gliders and played with flying wings will tell you they simply aren't efficient compares to a traditional design.
If glide isn't a priority then perhaps it could work but I wouldn't spend my money figuring that out.
I would like to hear from someone who used it in short period wind chop as a swell riding wing. Not necessarily a freeride style or DW racing machine. It seems like this style monofoil could go really good in tight pockets of energy, allowing tight transitions and low stall speed.
There was a guy posting videos of riding an armie 2400 with fuse cut completely off in Thailand (or nearby) and the riding style was unique to say the least, but looked kinda fun in those marginal conditions I described above. I meant to try that before I sold my 2400...
I had a couple days winging one of these.
I could see it being great for kiting on a tiny board. I wouldn't say it's a good wing foil though. It had a surprisingly well balanced pitch and and nice speed range. It had the takeoff speed of an 1800 with top speed more like a 1200.
where it fell apart for winging was in the turning and glide. With the mast being right over the front wing it's too twitchy in yaw and roll to make a comfortable carve on bigger boards. Could probably be fixed by changing the mast position on the wing. The glide is almost nonexistent. There is some at high speed but most of the time off the power means instantly off the foil. It could surf but needs a solid wave to keep it up.
most of this is mitigated kiting, where you have plenty of constant, easy power and a tiny board that better suits foils that wingers would consider twitchy.
I could see a higher aspect version being an awesome wing foil but not sure pumping will ever work right without a tail. I have rode a few foils with no tail and had around 10-15% glide improvement! The problem was they were extremely unstable in pitch. Fixing that pitch instability without adding a tail might offset those gains in glide. Might have to make one myself! Props to triton for exploring this concept and making something that actually works!
I tried it (105kg) and it was a wild ride. I needed some serious wind to get up and was not able to sort out my foot positioning.
Apparently quite few people are now winging them.
Bumping this back up to the top...
Anyone out there winging the T1???
What's the scoop?
