I think the front wing looks a bit small. But you can just make a new wing if needed:)
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I tested these blue LF wings on my setup and yes you definitely need a lot of speed. I was barely able to get to the required foiling speed. That’s because my current duckt/prop setup doesn’t work great for high speeds, without duct no problem. So if you optimize that and like fast, go for it.
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Thanks for the feedback!
I think I want to be able to foil slowly, at least to start, then go for speed as my skill, craft, etc. improve.
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They also have this one on sale https://forcekiteandwake.com/products/2017-liquid-force-rocket-foil-set?variant=46867166090 It is the same one that Pacificmeister uses but a newer model. The wings etc are the same but it has a wider and slimmer mast. Could be a good option. Cheers.
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You can’t bend carbon, as was said, after the resin cures. Its stiffness and resistance to bending is what it’s known for.
If you want to keep it simple, check the above. It’ll get you started.
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Hi there,
wanto to share my experience so far building my own hydrofoil from scratch… Started by searching for those external building aluminium shades that seem very much like foil shapes…Bought a 6 meter long profile for about 50Euros (Enough to make at least 6 Foils). Made the Foil design Version1 in Fusion360 and passed to the building of the foil. Aluminium profile, printed 3d parts and wood wing.
Aluminium Profile selected:
Fusion Version1 Foil
Pictures of live Foil:
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Very nice. How did you attach the mast to the fuselage? Those screw holes look very small.
How did you strengthen the mast foot? Looks like its just plastic.
How do you route the wires from the board to the mast? What section is waterproof and how?
@rui_ribeiro wow, very beautiful, i think you should glass and/or carbon mast and wings, thanks for shearing. You should share this in build topic too. Great job 
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Hi Max,
since aluminum mast has those 2 screws, i designed a plastic part with foil profile inside the square tube so that mast goes inside square tube like if it’s solid, and it’s fixed from below with 2 long screws. It’s very rigid.
The mast foot is actually a very strong piece all 3d printed and very tied to the aluminum profile. Not sure if it will break but it seems unbreakable…
For the moment this is just the Foil design, but the Mast foot has already a prepared space for the cables to go through the mast and inside the mast foot. It’s just needed to make a hole in the aluminum plate on the end of mast foot.
For the moment the inside of the mast or the square tube are not waterproof, but i was thinking to use polyuretane expanding foam if needed to make it waterproof later.
For the moment i am already designing Foil Version 3… skipped version 2 that seemed too small… The main wing will be fully 3d printed in 3 attaching parts…
This was the design for version 2 Tail
This was just one of the wings… I never printed the left one…
And this is the new foil with 1 meter long and the new mast foot that is wider than the initial one:
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Thats what I am looking for, where did you get those? Aliexpress? Do you have a link?
The wooden wing is a nice and really cheap alternative, I saw a guy using an old skateboard to cut his wing out.
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Hi Giga,
i didn’t go for Aliexpress or Alibaba since they required big values for transportation and huge minimum quantities. Look for a local aluminum profile retailer or local company that makes building exteriors. They should sell or know where you can buy those profiles. I bought from this company but i am not sure if they are present in many countries: http://www.navarraaluminio.com/en/products/download-product-brochure.html The profile i bought was the sun break blades the smallest one on page 47.
The wood wing was made from 3 wood blades of 4 mm glued and clamped into a mold with the pretended curvature. Made the mold so that i could make more if needed, but i guess a 3d printed wing will give me more complex and freedom to design the wing exactly like i want.
Thank you very much. Are you from portugal? How did the delivery work?
How did you find the company? I guess there are similar companies in germany, but I got no clue how to find them.
Yes I am from Portugal. I went to the factory to pick-up the blade and they cut it there for easier transport.
I am sure you can find a lot of aluminum factories in Germany.
I found this manufacturer that is referenced in some shade break sites. I could not find blade profiles in this site, but i am sure they must have them or at least know who sells them…
Found another one:
https://www.schueco.com/web2/de-en/fabricators/products/sun_shading_systems/large_louvre_systems/schueco_hollow_blades_alb_active_linear
Thank you very much, I found out the company next to the village I am from (and my parents are) sells sunblades 
I sent them a request, lets see what turns out 
Thats the profile I asked about. May I ask how thick your blade is? I guess I read some where that the masts are about 20-30mm. This one would be 50mm and it is the most slim one I could find.
I work with Aluminium profiles in my day job. There are a ton of companies in Germany that make extruded Aluminium. But not many that sell profiles. Extrusion dies are cheap compared to injection moulds, so most of the time the manufacturers make custom profiles for each customer. If you want a standard square tubing, chances are they won´t have a mold that you can use. So you need to ask the companies that make sun blade products. They will have off-cuts that they could send to you. Explain them what you need it for and try to buy a whole length which is always 6m. Then sell it here. One length of mast tubing should cost about 5-10€/m to buy from the extrusion manufacturer. So they can charge you 10-20€. The best way to cut it to length is a chopsaw with carbine teeth.
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Apologies for asking and I don’t mean to be negative but have these been tested in the water? It seems very thin walled and are you adding glass or carbon over the 3D printed base?
Just wondering if these have been tested under real world conditions before trying something like this.
Beautiful work though, and great design. I hope this shade material has the torsional strength to fly a wing on as that’s a much faster build than composites.
Hi Giga,
that value cannot be right. For all those different lenght measures the width is always 50mm? It doesn’t make much sense to me. My profile is 120 lenght for 19 mm width. 50 mm should be ok for the profile with 300mm length, but not for the others.
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Hi Giga,
sorry for not answering before… missed this comment.
My blade is 20mm x 120mm. I believe 50mm wide is a bit large but it might work. My profile is 2mm thick.
Hi FLEX, I was wondering if you could pass me the measure of the ditancias between holes of liquid force fuelage
I’ll thank you so much