I thought id build another board on the FKD principals.
I totally assed the design and it worked way better than i hoped.
So its going to be 20 cm shorter at 270 cm and narrower 6 cm at 78 cm.
No rear rocker for 130 cm and sharp square rails all the way.
A lighter layup.
Its still going to be a whopper but less whoppery and hopefully faster . I want to up the speed of the FKD , so ill call it ..... FKD up .

I wasnt going to post pics , but apparently i have to , its some kind of law . It will be condensed .

To save cost ( $200 ) , i glued together 50mm cool room sheets to make the blank . It seems harder than 13 kg foam but not as hard as 17. I didnt want to use glue because it leaves a hard layer that mucks with shaping , so i used expand foam in a can , thinking it will be a softer join to shape. DUMB MOVE ! Even with many bricks to hold things down it foamed the sheets apart , 1cm in places . It will be OK , just a lot more work and ill have to fill a few voids with expand foam . It wont be pretty . So as far as gluing a slab together ? , i probably should have used a PVA glue , or better still paid for a nice block of foam.

I missed what FDK IS

Yay! Another build. Given you have almost 30knots on the original, this is practically a speed board!! Looking forward to lots of pics.

I think the F stands for factory now ...thinking of placing a order for a tandem .

Foil board next up?

olskool said..
Imax1, 270x78 so 150litres maybe more?

Yeah about that.
I could , mark a line halfway along the board .
Dip it in the pool and push it down with the bathroom scales to the line . Take note of weight .
Flip board over and do the same to the line .
add two figures together minus twice the weight of board .
find out how much more dense salt water pool is
add that percentage to scale weight figure and it should be pretty close .
I most definitely forgot at least one factor ,
Its at least a three person job and beer.
or
just call it 160 litres

Stretchy said..
Love your humour iMax

You must be sic8 as well then

Imax1 said..

olskool said..
Imax1, 270x78 so 150litres maybe more?

Yeah about that.
I could , mark a line halfway along the board .
Dip it in the pool and push it down with the bathroom scales to the line . Take note of weight .
Flip board over and do the same to the line .
add two figures together minus twice the weight of board .
find out how much more dense salt water pool is
add that percentage to scale weight figure and it should be pretty close .
I most definitely forgot at least one factor ,
Its at least a three person job and beer.
or
just call it 160 litres

Cmon Maxi !! Weve been talking about this build for years..... Do the Math!!

Have it ready in 2 weeks! You know why!

Imax1 said..

AusMoz said..
Have it ready in 2 weeks! You know why!

Two weeks ?
I just started .
FKD up will be a month away.

Two weeks? Thats plenty of time for an island living retiree... Dont worry about the Wife or neighbours or taking the dog for a walk.....

NEVER glue slabs of foam together with foam in a can . Spend the $ .
As you can see there are gaps that need to be filled .There are parts that i had to pick off because of gaps in the foam glue . I dont want any soft spots so i had to hack a bit . Otherwise it shaped ok .

Issues aside it's powering along.

yep density difference is the enemy of good shaping. Have you got a spoke shave or very small plane? Set it very fine and run along the join when you get close. Abrasion will just make a lump at the higher density spot, no matter how careful you are.

yes going under and bogging the glass is the 2nd best way out.

I actually did on the big patch . But I used can foam and it wasn't perfect so went over with bog . I should have done what you said , ( I got pour foam ) . There were a lot of smaller areas so I just bogged them .

Boardcad lets you put photos in the outline, rocker and cross section frames. You drag the outline to match your photos and your area and volume are calculated as you go. It's easy to do, and free.

You just need to be a little careful taking your photos to align the camera properly. I used a tripod.

Shape3D Lite is nice but all the good stuff costs.