Stoker V machine, Fowler new Machine

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hear that too. longer wider thicker over volumed=low performance is where they shine

had a nvm, normal dims... bad idea

if you're still interested, i'd talk to scott anderson. better yet talk to andreini about a mcvee
 
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hear that too. longer wider thicker over volumed=low performance is where they shine

had a nvm, normal dims... bad idea

if you're still interested, i'd talk to scott anderson. better yet talk to andreini about a mcvee
Was it all the vee that slowed it down?
 

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Was it all the vee that slowed it down?
that was my take on it. i had a 6-4, which i thought would be long enough to compensate for how hydro-dynamically inefficient all that vee is out the back. i was wrong.

seemed to me fowler's nvm tried to impose an extreme vee tail onto a super foiled out lost rocket. didn't work for me. there's a reason you can't find vids of anyone actually surfing one.
 

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I think a little vee goes a long way. I usually try to limit my use of vee to about 1/8" or so. The basic Stoker design was using a lot of vee.