Hello! would love to hear from other H-mk2 owners on their experience with tuning their rig.
I have the 1050, 84 hollow mast, and v180 tail. At 145 lbs. I was surprised to feel that the nose would dive a little when at high speeds (dropping in on bigger waves winging). I have made myself a shim set and starting playing around. Also have the long fuse which I like for DW and bigger days.
Also, has anyone played around with using other tails on the Cab setup? Bit disappointing that they only have 1 tail at the moment. Looks like the takuma tail would fit? KD Marlin?
Cheers,
Lastly: Has anyone used the h700? Considering it for my step-up wing for bigger days (winging/wingdw)
Hey! I have the same setup but using the KD Marlin 14" on the alu hollow medium fuse.
I primarily use it to wing upwind at Hood River/Hatchery and then downwind using the wing as little as I can manage. I’m 150lbs.
I originally got the FoilParts fuse to bottom mount it but had to do a return and they didn’t have replacement stock unfortunately. The Marlin does work top-mounted but with bigger gaps that I do think I can feel at high speeds. I want to try using some wax/putty to fill in around the tail (if anyone has any good recommendations I’d love to hear).
I also experience infrequent/unpredictable “drops” in height of the foil under those same circumstances. It seems to happen with the entire foil underwater (tip breaching performance is very good for me). I don’t think it’s ever made me crash or lose control but it’s basically the only downside I have for this setup currently.
I’d love if they made a smaller tail as well. The V180 looks great but seems a little big for our weight for surfing.
Cool, thanks for the picture, that was one of my concerns (the gap). When people use wax do they use surfboard wax do you know?
Anyway, had a session yesterday on the v180 tail, tried negative shim for the first time, went with -0.25 deg (custom shims cut from plastic guitar bridge shims) and the difference was crazy considering it was only 0.25deg… Super fast & loose, great for small waves I guess. Will try -0.5, -1, etc. soon.
I’m also curious about stab tuning–I’ve got the h1300, and 1050 both primarily for sup DW. I have both the mnobloc h-180, and the v180. ericfernand–I think I am reading that you shimmed for less tail lift, yes? Thanks for any add’l experience!
Hey kfoilc, I tried my Marlin stab w/cab front wing, and it felt really draggy and weird. My guess was I needed to shim it, but in that context (small surf) I didn’t have enough time to truly experiment.
I ended up having a great season in the gorge on this setup winging up to swell city and dwing (as much as I can, still learning) to the event site, or getting dropped off at viento. It turned out before I had a gear issue which was warrantied and resolved.
I need to try shimming more as well, but I’m too used to my normal setup. I’ve only tried the 0.25 KD shim on FoilDrive and it felt faster, but less forgiving in turns.
Just got back from a 2 1/2 week trip to La Ventana. Primarily rode the H1050 (and 74 cm hollow mast) with both the h-180 mono bloc stab, and the v180 on a Cab carbon fuse I had (not a Stringfellow bottom mount). Eventually arrived at liking the V-180 with .25 neg shim the most for buttery feel, speed, and pump at higher speed. Thinking of chopping my h180 stab maybe a 1/2" per side to see how that feels. I also have a Stringy cab fuse w/ bottom mount, and short or long stab position. Will try my Marlin 14 on that, as I don’t like the gaps with the Marlin top-mounted. Any feedback on folks experimenting more with the Cab foils is appreciated!
I ride a cab 800 with stringy bottom mount fuse + older kd 13 r tail, no shim ( got to get a shim one of these days!
Or
Cab 1000 with dakine 220 tail.
I reallly like the 800 with the kd tail, it has no winglets so feels much more playful turning. Downside is less optimal upwind angles. Felt like the 220 with winglet just felt locked in if I got a little overpowered on a swell or going fast on the 800, but matches well with the 1000.
@noripplez definitely try the kd with stringy fuse - think it will pair great, but make sure to disassemble after every session! I think I might have an early version of the fuse with rough threading. So my fuse is seized to the wing.
