Imagine you had some kind of technology that would enable to change the fin geometry during turns. By fin geometry I mean fin size and toe-in angle of side fins for example. Do you think that would be of any benefit?
Because at the moment the fin setup is kind of an compromise, isn’t it? If you turn right, your left fin is not needed and only drags and vice versa. Also toe-in angle: if you go straigt, zero angle would be ok. Once you turn the inner fin should increase toe in angle while the outer fin could stay at zero toe in. Do you think that would improve performance?
look up surftrux and blakestah, regarding changing toe in. marine animals are able to change the angle of their fins and can raise and lower their fins.
some people are trying retractable fins, too.
found something regarding the retractable fins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4UdVDHwMpLo
but I thought more about a dynamically changing fin setup, that reacts to each turn. Some mechanism similar to a skateboard truck that steers the fins.
a jeah looks like surftrux is something like that! some pics of the mechanism would be great…
Forget that, i wanna board thats a 10' longboard while on fat sections, then as the wave speeds up, i want it to get shorter and narrower, and as the wave fattens up again, longer,wider, and flatter.
I’m with Beery - I want something like the Terminator 2 dude, in a surfboard…think and the shape changes.
In my lifetime…
JD