how does an air chair work

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

how do they work i see them jsut fly up and flip and im just curious how they work

BigRed · Posted: Jun 15, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:

magic.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Like this....... Wink

DunDunDun · Posted: Jun 15, 2006 11:04 am Post subject:

thats sick. its got somethig to do with the fins obv.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

All about the foil.......

I should mention that is not me, but my friend Tod who is AMAZING on the Sky Ski. Here is a flats roll....

tball · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 3953

BigRed, hmmm, I always thought it was pixie dust.

BigRed · Posted: Jun 15, 2006 11:34 am Post subject:

That too.

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

umm okay cool but how do they work

lcap · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless

***Edited Because I like Bigred****

BigRed · Posted: Jun 15, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject:

*edited because of ..... Me? Wtf?*

lcap · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless

BigRed,

Fixed it just for you but I hate that "edit" count thing on my posts. It reminds me of Swass.

Magic · Outlaw Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 240 City: Seattle

Here ya go, I used this internet thingy with some search do dad for ya. You have to do some reading however.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BigRed · Posted: Jun 16, 2006 7:46 am Post subject:

I told you.

ShoeDad · Newbie Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

The way it works is that you are attached to a board...seatbelted onto the seat and your feet are secured into the foot binding like thingys (technical terms). If you come of the seat or your feet come out of the bindings it can get real ugly. You don't want to know what would happen then...usually requires hundreds of stitches and many days at the hospital, if you make it that far.....anyway .... the board is designed to float you upright in the ready position after any crash so again, as long as you stay in/on the board you can't drown.

A hydrofoil is attached to the bottom of the ski, there are a few different ones out there (airchair, skyski, foiltech, ...my brother is redesigning one as well) there are wings attached to the hydrofoil...just like an airplane they are designed to fly...once you get the balance thing figured out....you can literally ski 8+ hours a day. If you are flying (board above the water) there is literally no resistance. My nephew (6 years old) received Hydrofoiler of the year for < 14 years old. An 80 year-old lady hydrofoils from LA to Catalina and back every year....don't know how far that is but it would take a few minutes I guess.

Basically everything on a hydrofoil is directly opposite of skiing or wakeboarding. If you use your legs, you will face-plant and without being able to protect yourself, remember you're strapped in, it's going to sting. But after you take your legs out of the picture, you lean forward to bring the board down and lean back to make it come up and out of the water.

For us old guys that use to dive from diving boards....it is the next best thing to it as you can get 15-25 ft high.

Hopefully that helps.

ShoeDad · Newbie Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

For a little more info, check out my brother's site:

http://schumacher.sdsmt.edu/

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 21, 2006 4:05 am Post subject:

BigRed - where are those pics taken?