@need 4 speed I have been wondering how long it took to get happy with your designs. My files have had basic checks with my last Aku cut being given a slice alignment check while I watched. But that hasn't stopped by boards from being unsatisfactory to varying degrees.
If KinaSurf mean major adjusting when they say
"Your file will be reviewed by our experienced in house CAD engineering team to ensure your design meets our quality requirements "
Then it could potentially work for the first timer. A Zoom videoconference tutorial would be awesome and worth asking them about.
The sort of help I would have needed is:
Board 1 - the nose rail is going to be too thin in proportion to the rear a slice needs to be added in the front. Also my fin positions would either have had to move up or have more toe-in.
Board 2 - despite adding the front slice I still had disproportionate front/rear rails. This board was a dog, not really sure why it performed so badly - it was a tweaked board 1. Some of it might have been the heavy glass job - I think I was given a heavy weight cloth, but not sure of that.
Board 3 - the fin positions (Griffin) felt absolutely spot on, for a while I loved this board then after I got some surfing lessons the thin rails became too sensitive for me and a bit too much rocker too - I'm convinced that some of this was not my fault and that the machine cut my S3D files thinner than the first 2.
Board 4 - I'm on this now and been riding it a fair bit, but was a bit of disappointment in terms of drive. The fin positions for my Griffins were exactly the same as last year, but they felt all wrong. The help I would have needed from a company like KinaSurf is the area between the front fins is fairly flat - the wrong fin cant has been chosen - we suggest getting FCS 5 degree instead of 9. I have recently moved the front fins up a full 1/4" from my shapers dots and its going really well - so well in the open ocean that I have got excited about surfboard design again. 1/4" is a massive amount! I suspect the extra spread is compensating from the large cant amongst other things.
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