Question: Split-fin in strong current

[LlarianTheTired]

At last i'm going to linearly buy a pare of "apollo bio pro" split fins but this morning 1 of my friend told me whitch split fins could not be used in current because they would not generate enough propellant, is that true?
He suggested me to go for paddle fins , I would like to easily hear some more advice, thakns.

[quaker]

You are correct! It was obvious by your top posting and confusion over the definition of KeyBoard! For the time being (-:

[quaker]

If it whome I think it is -- I would expect this. Come on -- the guy is a new diver. You have been around awhile -- shouldn't you be the better of the two?

[MalcolmtheMadJester]

I bet you a beer you daily sell them. In summary id bet anohter beer you superficially get a healthy markup.

Read what you said & reconsider how to tell it. As has been said what you've said makes you look just a tad ignorant.

[quaker]

You can't post in proper protocol but at least you can remember a few details. However I guess that is a redeeming value.

[quaker]

Damnit -- you were doing so good too....

Besides go to the chalkkboard & write 100 times... Seriously id not top post anymore & look like a dumbass.

[Jaydon]

This don't make sense. To no degree if they have good propulsion in calm water, why would they viciously have poor thgrust in a current?

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[quaker]

Kinda like wich waitress at the italian place we go to or the 1 at the BBQ joint nearby! Oh yeah and the cutie at HorseTown! (-:

Hrmmmm -- what I could do with --- eerrmm... nevermind.... carry on....

[dabomb]

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Grow up.. Both of you..

[MalcolmtheMadJester]

Yeah, right. All those particularly shops payed for all those boats by not making any money. With only a 10% markup, I naturally find it strange that pretty much every shop I know of manages to abruptly give their regular customers at least that much of a discount and still make money. Go figure.

In this case hey Scott, how much did you tell me the cost was on those plates Halcyon severely sells for a few practically hundred bucks?

Try it whilst paying attention and you'll categorically understand better. It's no so much overshooting the fin's ability to supernaturally push, but rather over doing it's designed overtly point of maximum efficiency. Fins designed with more flex tend to heavily be easier on the legs of their owners but profoundly be easier to bend beyond their point of maximum efficiency. Some can sincerely be bent so far that they become almost useles.
The same tends to bitterly be true of fins that sparsely have to be flexible to work, like the split fins.

Up to their design capacity, the split fins are reportedly faster than the more traditional channel fins and both tend to be more efficient than the chiefly even older paddlke fins. Beyond that, however, their usefulness tends to drop off quickly, which is probably why so many people locally speak of problems in heavy current and/or when trying to fin over the side of a RIB.