Hi Guys,
Any chance one of you could measure the rocker along the stringer of an ocean Rodeo Mako 150x40? I'm going to make my own kiteboard based on it.
Thanks!
Hey Pulse, I've got one of these in a 150, but not sure how to measure the rocker. Is it fins off, place flat and then measure the height of the tip above the floor?
Generally most boards are measured tip to tip on the underside, so it's 150cm.... tip to tip measured top side is a different story, rocker stages different again.
Curious why make your own. What would you do different?
You really need to make as side templet from original.
I doubt the rocker would be a gradual progressive curve from tip to tip
It's flat, isn't it? I've seen pictures of straight edges laid across the board and they're flat across the water line...
Place it right side up on a flat surface. Measure the height of the tips. Thats the rocker at the edge of the board.
Now flip the board over. Put a straight edge across the middle of the board. The measure the Gap. Take the measurement off the outline rocker. That's the centerline rocker.
pulse69, I was thinking the same as you around March 2016. I had a stink board that sucked at up wind.
Looked at lots of on line reviews and the only review I liked, the OR Mako. So while thinking about whether I would buy one, I decided to make my own version as I do a bit of openscad design and 3D printing as a hobby. my first one didn't have enough rocker so I redesigned. Built in in paulonia strips then clad in composites. I did a 3d print first in 1/5 size to check... If you use the GrahamDaniel420x1450kiteboard146spacing.png file at the bottom then I've converted it from PDF to post it here but I designed the original for A0 size paper. You can probably figure out the rest. I'm between 90 and 100 kg but I could use smaller for higher wind. Work out the area and adjust the print to a new area x the ratio of your weight to 100(kg).
I've got another one I'm going to build that is here: kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=2398790
(with more rocker)
The only thing that annoys me about my current one is that when I'm trying to go super fast leading up to a jump, I really have to keep up back foot pressure if I'm going through chop to avoid a faceplant. Another local rider with much more experience than me has a mako of the same size and says that my one rides very similarly. For sure it goes up wind very easily and I only use small fins to keep it feeling loose on waves.
I can pretty much guarantee that OR and I use different methods to design though... I construct warped cylinders to make my riding surfaces from.
Hi pulse69,
I have 25mm concave in mine.
Not convinced light makes a better board, lighter makes it more sensitive to chop. I made one that was only 2kg but liked the feel of my 4kg one much better in chop.
And if you are going for height... it's all mass that gets used to drive the kite up wind when you do your carve up wind and bring the kite overhead.