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kevinkan
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I'm actually using the Infinity 99 winging right now... thinking about downsizing to the 84 for more speed/less drag.... don't know if that is actually the reality. With the 99 I can get some decent speeds, but I don't have a GPS... but i get that familiar feeling where I'm nosing down to go fast(ish)
Went again to Berkeley today. Just two of us out... easy to distance ourselves on the water and in the parking lot.
pumped all the way back to the dock in almost no wind... should've known the beginning of the dock is shallower than the end of the dock... well, I know that for sure now.. glad I only catapulted into shallow muddy water instead of the side of the dock.
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LUCARO
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| I would like to see a top speed race between the 84 and the 99 |
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dllee
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Kinda like...which fin is faster.
which sail
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fathomfathom
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| kevinkan wrote: | I'm actually using the Infinity 99 winging right now... thinking about downsizing to the 84 for more speed/less drag.... don't know if that is actually the reality. With the 99 I can get some decent speeds, but I don't have a GPS... but i get that familiar feeling where I'm nosing down to go fast(ish)
Went again to Berkeley today. Just two of us out... easy to distance ourselves on the water and in the parking lot.
pumped all the way back to the dock in almost no wind... should've known the beginning of the dock is shallower than the end of the dock... well, I know that for sure now.. glad I only catapulted into shallow muddy water instead of the side of the dock. |
Good to know re the 99
Got one but haven't got a chance to try with winter and COVID
What fuselage/stab are you using with the 99?
Side by side the 99 is much thinner than the 84 (99 is like a big version of the 76) so expected to be faster (Wyatt said same thing). |
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LUCARO
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| fathomfathom wrote: | | kevinkan wrote: | I'm actually using the Infinity 99 winging right now... thinking about downsizing to the 84 for more speed/less drag.... don't know if that is actually the reality. With the 99 I can get some decent speeds, but I don't have a GPS... but i get that familiar feeling where I'm nosing down to go fast(ish)
Went again to Berkeley today. Just two of us out... easy to distance ourselves on the water and in the parking lot.
pumped all the way back to the dock in almost no wind... should've known the beginning of the dock is shallower than the end of the dock... well, I know that for sure now.. glad I only catapulted into shallow muddy water instead of the side of the dock. |
Good to know re the 99
Got one but haven't got a chance to try with winter and COVID
What fuselage/stab are you using with the 99?
Side by side the 99 is much thinner than the 84 (99 is like a big version of the 76) so expected to be faster (Wyatt said same thing). |
I windfoil with the 99 and small stabilizer. I am generally not a fan of the large stabilizer on the long fuse.
I have had my race yet but I am thinking like you said above that 99 may not be that much slower than the 84. I reckon the max speed difference between the 99 and the 84 will be less noticable than the difference between the 76 and the 84 |
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