Duotone Magazin No.01 2019

WE CREATED A TOP-NOTCH PRODUCT FOR AMBITIOUS FOILERS, NOT NECESSARILY JUST PROFESSIONAL RACERS. At that point we knew we had a solid foil design whose structure was optimized by iXent. Yet without an objective way to test it we couldn’t be sure of how it would actually behave speeding through water. It was important to us to not only test static forces on the foil but also streaming forces. Thanks to iXent’s still close contacts to the America’s Cup scene we got in touch with the engineering team of Artemis Racing. They had the necessary tools to do an extensive CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis on the foil. Using their cutting-edge technology they simulated currents to help optimize the flow angle over particular areas of the foil in order to exclude possible turbulences and minimize drag. In several iterative steps different speeds through water were simulated and possible constructive weaknesses were corrected. While the ‘theoretical’ part of creating a high performance foil was already in full-swing we still needed someone capable of producing this unique product in batch production. And again the connection to the America’s Cup helped us find the right partner. Roding Automobile, which has produced the foils for Team BMW Oracle for the America’s Cup, was our choice. The future-oriented, visionary technology company specializes in lightweight (especially carbon) construction and operates mainly in motorsports, in particular for several Formula One teams. Their top-notch equipment and experience now constitutes the backbone for our small serial production. With this team we knew that we were working with not only very innovative, experienced partners, but local ones as well … iXent as well as Roding Automobile are based in Germany, which means that our foil is developed and produced locally, which turned out to be very important for the process. Our headquarters are based in Munich and the geographical proximity played a big part in being able to develop an elaborate product like the Daytona Foil in such short time. Not only that: with the Daytona we proved that it is possible to create an ambitious, high performance product with the latest technologies and development tools, even in a niche sport like kiteboarding. And that makes us really proud. THE AMERICA’S CUP ENGINEERING TEAM OF ARTEMIS RACING DID AN EXTENSIVE COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS ON THE FOIL. T R U E 75 T R U E 74 F O I L D E V E L O P M E N T