I built my own Hydrofoil! Let's see if it works

I thought it would be fun to build my own hydrofoil and see if it flies! Today is the day we test it out! So the big question... Does the homemade hydrofoil actually work?
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This video covers how I built it, and taking the hydrofoil on its first flight! Let's do it!
It turns out YES! It works!.. of course, not as refined as a production foil, but it does work! I have flown it for a few hours now, and it's held up well so far. If you want to build your own hydrofoil, then it's worth a try! A fun project and something that is satisfying to see work.
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Building the hydrofoil was fun. It wasn't necessarily difficult but was quite time-consuming.
I was kitesurfing this foil, however, you could make a hydrofoil similar to this to use for any discipline: Winging, behind a boat, surf foil, sup foil. You would just need to change the size to suit.


How to build your own Hydrofoil:
I started by designing the hydrofoil by drawing it on the computer in 2d plans, and then transferring these dimensions onto a cardboard template that I could use to build the shape.

The core of the foil is Red Cedar, and then is strengthened using 6oz Fibreglass and 6oz carbon fibre. I added additional fibreglass reinforcements to the area the screws attach.

The fuselage 1" x 3/4" solid extruded aluminium bar that I shaped and drilled to suit.

The cost of building the foil wings and fuselage was less than $100 CAD to build total.

Here is the breakdown of cost:
Aluminium $40
Fibreglass $5
Carbon $5
Resin $15
Wood $10 (I had this for free)
Screws: $12 (high tensile SS)

NOTE: This would obviously cost more if you need to buy the foil Mast and Baseplate. But if you already own a aluminium mast, you can build the fuselage to secure to your existing mast (as I have) by drilling the correct holes.
It is preferred to do it this way as from what I've seen, the homemade masts really let the performance down, and also, the mast is the lowest cost part of a foil setup, so i'd recommend buying the mast and baseplate in any event.

The board was even less at about $50, using free foam and some yellow cedar stringers to save on the blank cost ($0) and then used approximately $25 of Fiberglass and $25 of resin.

Stay tuned for more videos showing the entire process I used if your inserted in building your own!
Hope you enjoyed the video I built my own Hydrofoil! Let's see if it works... let us know in the comments if you have any questions or if you have any insight you can share about making this foil better!

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2023 Update: I have built more foils and made videos explaining how! Check out riding V3 here
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