What about a wrist mounted Tx? You could have a little sprung spool with a string wrapped around it with a ring tied to the end. You could pull on the ring with a finger or thumb on the same hand as the wrist you wore it on. When you were up and didn’t need power you could just release the ring and let it retract. That way you could still use a hall effect to do the sensing of the spool spinning.
@Jesserosco, I assume you are prone and paddling while you are trying to control this thing?
Does anyone do some sort of current or RPM sensing on faux drives to turn off the motor once it is out of the water?
Yes I am proning, but I don’t have to paddle. I just use the assist. The only annoying thing is having a remote in my hand. I feel like anything attached to my hand or arm could be triggered inadvertently.
I have gotten use to the remote, but it would be so much nicer to have both hands free. I don’t use the assist that much, mostly tow boogie when it’s not windy enough to wing.
Another thing you could try would be an air pressure sensor like this one, which will sense 0-6psi. Put that board in the remote, or your electronics belt pack, run a thin tube with a ball on the end, squeeze the ball, get a signal at the board. You could have it hanging out the neck of your wetsuit and pop it in your mouth, or you could have it hang out the arm and squeeze it with your hand. I bet it would be way more controllable than those resitive force sensors, and there would be no wiring outside of your waterproof box. Also seems more comfortable to bite down on.
I am thinking of ordering this new #takeoff_foil assist system. Talking with a sales guy he told me the already test a glove remote for perfect use in conjunction with wing foiling… So maybe you contact them I think they already have a prototype that works otherwise he could not tell me about it;-)
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All the guys I know that foil drive do that. They put padding on the sides of the remote and just use their tongue and have it on an upper arm leash to spit it out
Yes, interesting that the only reference I have found to such foil drive practice is of the person in the above link…
And when you finish with the wave you are pumping to the next one?
As I understand people usually use the motor to connect waves, that is why they continue holding the remote.
If the main use of this remote is to be tongue or jaw activated, maybe is it time to give up the pistol-styled remote and redevelop a more pebble style design. Would the electromagnetic waves of this new remote be low enough not to affect our brains or our tongues ?
It can be easily made, but it will be way harder to control and way more dangerous.
Try falling without bending a finger or swimming for the board etc.
What they really want is a simple launch control. With a launch control you could temporarily clip a remote to your chest or hold it in your mouth then just grab it once up. Also the remote can then override the launch control input if you fall and loose signal etc. Funnily enough this could be coded into the Maytech remote easily.
