Can we shorten efoil learning curve and develop an efoil without roll or pitch unstability able to reach 70kmph ? The answer is yes in a canard setup using a rotating handlebar.
Some might remember the human-powered canard hydrofoil, an ultra high AR hydrofoil carrying the riders’s weight plus a surface sensing front foil controled by handlebars.
Early Pelagion prototype: two motors pushing a single UHAR foil
2024 setup: two independant small (400 to 500sqcm ?) front wings each topped by a pulling motor
A surface sensing front foil:
This efoil is announced to reach 70kmh, here calm waters:
How does it behave in chopy conditions ? Mast length seems to be missing…
Now what ? Can we make it smaller, simpler, easier to tansport with two 6384 motors and two small batteries ? At the moment, the Pelagion batteries are just huge to ensure 4hrs of riding time…