What sort of engineering? Aerospace/Mechanical (make weapons), Civil (make targets), Chemical etc?

cmrls23 said...

I need a purpose or aim for it.
Anyone have any ideas??

Nope, that's your job.

Seriously, those ideas have been taken - how about dazzling your teachers/lecturers by coming up with a new idea, or at least implementing an existing idea but for a new purpose - that's the best way to really be involved in your work & not just use your knowledge to create a way to 'bludge' through your schooling. It has been said many times before, but the real genious & challenge is in "thinking outside the box" - do this well and the world will open up for you!

(gawd, I sound like an old lecturer there, sorry).

Good luck with it.

Two problems.
1. Foils are difficult to learn to ride
2. They're big and bulky and fragile.

1. Design an automatic self-trimming foil like yachts have

2. Design a foil that works but is small enough, or folds up, so you can get it inside a normal car. Any dis-assembly has to be quick and easy.

In both cases it has to be simple and robust enough to be used on a kiteboard.

GreenPat said...
What sort of engineering? Aerospace/Mechanical (make weapons), Civil (make targets), Chemical etc?

Doing mechanical (although theres more to it than making weapons )

I am trying to make something myself, just having a little trouble so thought I'd give it a crack on here for some inspiration - haven't put away the textas and butchers paper yet though. The project doesn't necessarily have to be something that hasn't been done before - itll all be new to me!

Thanks for the help guys

GreenPat said...
who knows what bringing it up with random watersports nutters on the internet could inspire...

just what I'm going for haha

GreenPat said...
who knows what bringing it up with random watersports nutters on the internet could inspire...

Sounds like you have an agenda? Possibly encouraging a young engineer to come up with a new watersport?

(kiting not doing it for ya?)

Topic: Low friction surfaces and their effects on watersports.

1. Tow testing of various surfaces, angles of attack. surface roughnesses etc. (surfboards, windsurfers, kite boards, wakeboards)
2. in field testing of those surfaces (eg surf trips).
Done- 4 watersports in one project, should get you heaps of time on the water.

cmrls23 said...

hey guys,

I'm studying engineering at uni and trying to come up with a final year project to do.
I'm kind of keen to make a hydrofoil board (like in the link) for surfing or maybe kiting but I can't really just make it - I need a purpose or aim for it.
Anyone have any ideas??
Basically Im trying to find a way I can go surfing or kiting for uni

Cheers

i used to be quite a good airchair/ skyski water skier, who modified and tuned my own foils. I also kite and windsurf.
foils would suck with kiting or windsurfing because with a foil you need to balance (like balancing a chair on two legs). combine that with having to adjust kite/ sails and it just makes it unworkable. Before someone puts up youtube vids of it being done (I have seen them) have a look closely. it's actually as ghey as aids.
They cant do anything. also foils like the skyski (above) have a working speed that they dont like to go over.

why dont you do something that will actuallyhelp your career? fair enough if you develop a new water sport you might make money but employers won't like it much. Id be kiting in my spare time and doing a project on something that would help with my future employment.

Akwa said...
make this!
Why? cause we all want one!

That is actually quite possible. Superconducting coil in the board, will repeal water and you could hover above.

It's only 2012 and already
STARBOARD make a complete range of hoverboards and
SEVERNE have the lightest jet propulsion packs in this time space continuum. Great presents for Christmas!

I have way more control of my hoverboard than Marty had on his board 3 years from now in 2015

Akwa said...
make this!
Why? cause we all want one!

Mark _australia said...
limited repertoire.

Dear Mr. Kettle,

You are black.

Regards,

The Pot