Welcome to the group Marcus,

It is a great honour to welcome you and your friends to the F16 class. To be honest; guys like you are very valuable especially at this time of growth. I'm thrilled with your decision to go with the F16's for your personal craft. And I'm quite sure the baby Blade (to the F18) will proof to be a little kitten with a big roar.

I've posted a few pictures of the T-foil rudder system in reply to your request. The foils on the stealth are much smaller than the I-14 because their function is a little different. The F16's are not as nervous as the 14's and more control can be left to the pilots. To foils on these cats only slow down the undesired movements to a level where the crews can adjust the trim in a comfortable way. That is all that is needed. Any excess funtionality will only lead to unnecessary drag and level-off the peak performance of the craft. Everything is a trade-off and one can loose as well by overdoing on a good thing. I really don't there is any benefit to large surfaces as the F16's are more controllable in basis and don't have to fear a wipe-out as much as the little skiffs.

And I second Marks comments that we all love to see pictures of boats in production/assembling.

Good luck,

Wouter

(co-founder & Chairman F16-class , 32, The Netherlands)