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Originally Posted by Bill
'two hydrofoils moving in opposite directions '
Not sure if it is important or even true but it feels very different. The rear foil always points at the centre of the front foil. The front foil is free to swivel restricted of course by the bungee which can be adjusted for 'fin stiffness'. If my long term memory can be trusted, it feels like your feet are anchored in place and your body hardly bends. This can't be because when the front foil starts up the rear must go the same direction but the delay forces the undulation with no input from the swimmer. It becomes obvious when you try to wear fins too. The efficiency seems to go way down.
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Your body moves sparingly above the waist particularly once you are up to minimum cruising speed with the Aqueon. Your legs move slightly with the majority of the displacement being described by the kneel and foils. The effective kneel or moment arm length is adjustable, slightly, on the current unit with two "settings" based upon where you bolt the leg mounting assembly. It would be nice to have an incremental moment arm adjustment on a newer version. This would help to adjust stroke period and effective amplitude for different physiques and characteristics for a given session.
