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Where to put your feet on a Foil ... center of lift...
Hi guys, just want to share what I did to figure out where to put my feet :-)

I just made it easy... not sure if that is totally correct as I am beginner Foiler.
However, as an engineer, I try to understand how it works and believe that will help me to master it.

The goal is to have a mark on the top of the board indicating the center of lift (and I know that the center is not precisely the "center of lift" - but close enough).
The theory is that if I position my body center right over the mark, .... I should be in balance. To bring the board up, I will then only need to shift some body weight back a little.

How I did:
1. Measure the center of the head foil wing and mark it. This point needs to be transferred to the top of the board.
2. Measure the distance from that mark to the center of the first bolt on the fuselage.
3. Measure the displacement of that fuselage bolt to the foil-head mount. In my case it was 0.95 inch.
4. With this info, you can now do the math and mark you point on top of the board.

I just bought a new front and back wing and will do the same with them. I will try to remember and make a video out of that.

Let me know your thoughts about my theory here ...


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