How do you guys think this would work out? I made it from a scrap pine board I had laying around. It
was warped from being in the weather. It was bowed the length of the board which gives the bottom
a nice even (after sanding) concave and the “deck” a convex shape.
perfect example of "out of the box" thinking
I hope it isnt a hand full,,,,
dont let that thing hit you
It should work great...fly like Superman! My ancient "Hand-Surfa" was a one-hander but the idea was to put your other hand on top of the strapped one, and it flew. The only potential hangup might be swimming with it. Do post a report.
Nels
Will do!
Okay! I got to ride this plane today in some very small (1ft) surf. First, I tried riding another handplane that I made. It’s a smaller, normal sized plane with two pretty deep channels connected with a mellow spine. Despite the high performance features, this board just didn’t have enough surface area for the completely gutless waves I was in. With the larger two-handed plane I was actually surprised from the very first takeoff. When a regular size plane wouldn’t get me going, the large plane took right off. I got very, very many good rides using it. I was even able to teach my mom how to bodysurf with it. That’s how easy it was. It honestly blew my mind how much of a difference about 10 sqaure inches of surface area make when planing.
Although the two-handed idea was very intuitive, I do not think that two grips are nessecary. Even though they didn’t get in the way, I feel that if it had one grip, it would just as easy to simply rest the other hand on top of the gripped one. The only benefit that I could possibly think that planing with two hands gripped rather one is that when planing with a larger, wider board, it might feel somewhat wobly and unstable with only one hand gripped. With two hands gripped on the plane, I could control the whole plane very well. But, the answer to this dilemma will only be answered by testing (:
Anyone have any thoughts or questions? Suggestions?
I forgot to mention the swimming thing. When swimming out, I was actually able to use it similar to how someone would swim with a kickboard. Even though it was made with pine wood, it was quite bouyant and very easy to swim with. I could only assume that swimming with a wetsuit on would be even easier.
Hi Garrettfrye, late reply but I’ve been riding this beast for a while.
I took it out today because the waves were fast but small and you can’t keep up with the face just bodysurfing. On a few waves the peak was in front so I took off, back-doored, set the inside hand down into the wave and controlled the angle with the outside hand. Just using the surf knowledge I have and its good.
Same feedback as you, the added area means you get quicker and stronger lift at low speeds, it’s intuitive to use both hands and actually works in your favour to have complete control.
Extra buoyancy on the paddle out and doubles as a floating seat while in the line up.
XPS / carbon / epoxy. It’s like an F-1 front wing to touch.
It’ll never catch on but it’s something that’s cool beyond the restricted norm.
Hand planing is all about tube riding, well, a lot of it is and the most consistent form of lift is from inside the wave so I’m building a hydrofoil hand plane. Using the same principles as the hydrofoil surfboards I’ve made I’m adapting the dimensions onto a hand plane.
One of the most popular hand planes has a planing area of approx 84 sq inches so that’s a start to the design but a hydrofoil needs width so I’ve added area to include wings that will sit inside the wave giving uniform lift.
