AIR CHAIR V-38

$2895.00

ARE YOU READY FOR A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FUN? IF YOU ANSWERED YES

THEN WE HAVE THE RIDE FOR YOU!!!

AIR CHAIR V-38 THE HIGHEST & BEST PERFORMING HYDROFOIL IN THE WORLD

FEATURING THE WORLDS FIRST 38 INCH LONG T-BAR AND THE NEWEST DESIGN BLADE SYSTEM.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ANY HIGHER YOU'D NEED TO TAKE A PLANE

THE V-38 IS GREAT FOR BEGINNER RIDERS TOO!

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AIR CHAIR V-38 IS THE WORLDS TOP FLIGHT SYSTEM!

There is so much new information to tell you about & we're so excited to introduce the best hydrofoil ride available anywhere. So although it may take some reading time, it will be time well spent. We hope you enjoy the information we have provided. If you would like to know more, or order your very own

Air Chair V-38, please give us a call & we'd be happy to help you.

The Air Chair V-38 is the highest performance hydrofoil in the world featuring the worlds first production

38 inch long T-bar with the elegantly newly designed blade system and state of the art design Flex Seat.

Air Chair V-38 and Geno Yauchler both BEST IN SHOW!

You get a dependable, smooth, high performance ride with no additional tuning needed, each and every unit is personally tested to assure you are receiving the best there is. There are less moving parts for a solid more trustworthy, low maintenance unit. Each foil is precisely made to the highest and strictest specifications. There is no welding of parts together so this ensures you that you will continue to have a solid trustworthy foil for a lifetime. You are getting the best hydrofoil ride known to mankind. If you're an experienced rider you will appreciate the solid ride from the Air Chair V-38 & the ultimate performance it delivers. Or if you're new to the sport Air Chair V-38 is beginner friendly too. So even new riders will appreciate the fineness of the V-38. Check out the sleek quality of the foil assembly, the smooth contour of the blade system and you'll know you too deserve a V-38. No matter the cost you won't find a better performing hydrofoil anywhere, this is the best of the best.

Air Chairs V-38 is the ultimate best hydrofoil and we took it even further by topping it with the worlds best Flex System Seat. Air Chairs Flex Seat makes any landing softer than ever before possible, no matter what riders were using. It's ultra lightweight, so it won't add weight to your ride, or inhibit your performance. It includes the fully padded aerial belt with Velcro closure, and a buckle for the added assurance it will truly keep you seated. Having the buckle insures you wont have to keep re-tightening the belt as this is a no-slip system. The bindings include foot pads for added comfort as well as the security to keep your feet planted well too. It also has ankle leashes to use in conjunction with the heel straps, another bonus when doing tricks. We've also added stainless steel machined D-nuts, and the easy to use push ball lock pin for the seat tower. You also get the upgraded extra thick set pad to nicely top off the entire unit for the BEST RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. Check out the quality of the seat tower, it's a beautiful polished one piece seat tower. No need to worry about extra pre flight check with this seat tower, unlike other multiple piece machined seats that are held together with several bolts and pieces you have to check before each ride. Air Chairs Flex Seat even enhances the ride, it's a smooth flight transaction so that all your riding technique goes into the trick itself and you're not forced to pre-load a shock. A shock adds extra weight and more unnecessary parts to maintain. There is no more stomping the board either, as the foil assembly with an Air Chair V-38 is smoother and goes higher than any other foil. We dare you to compare the difference and the choice will be easy. Air Chairs Flex Seat with it's professional finish & sleek design provides the softest landings which result in more control to the rider. But remember on a V-38 the Flex Seat is already included in the cost. You get all the extra goodies, along with the best ride all for just $2,895.00.

Air Chairs Flex Seat is also available for other hydrofoils at just $299.00 complete. It comes with complete installation instructions, and the hardware to attach it.

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More Information you should know!

Air Chair has been in the manufacturing process of hydrofoils over 20 years. The patented process used produces a quality foil assembly unmatchable & unbeatable by any other company . The whole process begins with ''smelting" through which is made from pure aluminum, Alumina, in powder form, is placed into a cryolite bath. Here it is melted and separated from the pure aluminum. Alumina, in powder form (it's oxygen component) is then placed in the cast. When cast aluminum is cooled down to a certain degree, the resulting form of aluminum is called Logs or Ingots. Certain alloys are added for strength, hardness, and finish. Logs or Ingots are heated up to a level where they are sheared to make billets. Billets are then again softened, much like softened butter, before they can be extruded. Ingots are heated to be cast into desired shape, billets are heated to soften before pushing them through a mold for shape. When using billet aluminum for use in this type of application, production is limited to the shape it is being pushed through. This process is known as extrusion. Air Chair's years of research and development has produced quality one piece T-bars proven to be stronger than 2 piece extruded aluminum parts.

Billet, which means an aluminum product being produced, one from of production is extrusion. To produce one full piece. This does not include WELDING of parts together. To aid in understanding the extrusion process, think about a Play Doh Fun Factory and how it works. The Fun Factory is the extrusion press, the handle is the ram, and the shape bar as the die, and the Play Doh as the heated aluminum so it is now softened. In order for this Billet aluminum to be formed, it first needs to be either melted, or in this case heated to approximately 900 degrees F. By heating the aluminum. is makes it soft (like soft butter) and the strength has now been weakened. It is then placed in an extrusion press and forced through a steel die. Also compared to squeezing toothpaste from a tube where the paste takes the shape of the tube opening. Billet extruded material emerges as an elongated piece with the same profile as the die opening. This also limits the emerging shape to size of the opening. This process cannot produce a one piece t-bar, to join the 2 parts together welding is necessary. However in this type of application it does not work well. The aluminum weld is not able to penetrate down into the orifice and this creates a major week spot. In order to produce a quality and strong T-bar, it needs to be machined from one solid cast piece or cast (remember all aluminum is cast) as one solid piece. It must also be heat treated to re-strengthen it.

Billet a solid semi-finished round, square, or rectangular cast piece produced in different diameters, sizes and lengths. Billets may be cast to diameter and length (book mold) or cast in logs and cut to length (direct chill). Billet may be solid or hollow (longitudinal hole through center) and are used in the as-cast or homogenized condition, depending upon end use and alloy. Rather a product is cast billet extruded or cast, certain alloys must be added for the process to be successful to produce strong lasting quality product. As well as proper heat treating during and after production.. The most important factor to remember in either process is temperature. When you do welding of parts together it changes the structure of that area, causing weakness in the area of the weld and the surrounding areas. Temperature is most critical because it gives aluminum desired characteristics such as hardness and finish. After the strength, the most important part of a hydrofoil is the performance it delivers and how the blades work in the water.

Remember all aluminum is cast. So what are you paying for? A hyped up marketing word or a strong quality performance proven product. Air Chairs V-38 is the ultimate, it's best in performance, wear and dependability. The first and foremost thought that should come to mind when considering a hydrofoil is strength and performance. Why strength and performance? Strength allows the rider to enjoy years of fun & excitement without worrying about product failure which can result in serious injury. Performance enables the rider to challenge themselves for years of incredible riding, altitude and aerial maneuvers. Strength and performance does not come from the chosen aluminum alloy used in production it simply comes from product design.

Air Chair has by far the best design with contoured blades, one piece t-bars, tapered lock in T-bar to seat, one piece seat backed up with 22 years experience in hydrofoil design. Back in 1983 when I first started with Air Chair proto-types I used to weld 2 piece T-bars together. I struggled for many years with this two piece concept using many different types of unions and all were heat treated after welding, none of which had a very long life. I found myself always back in the shop fabricating a new T-bar to replace the broken one. This certainly did not lend itself to market ability.

It was 1988 when I cast the first one piece T-bar. The early design was quite primitive but it was bullet proof for strength. This was the major break through design that made the Air Chair marketable. One may ask why don't other companies copy Air Chairs T-bar design and cast their own. First there are patent issues, second the T-bar is an extremely difficult part to cast since 1988 I have constantly worked on refining the casting process. There are literally hundreds of variables that must all work together to achieve a quality part. Some of which are gating, risers, venting, flow rate, metal temperature, mold temperature, gases in the metal, and mold surface texture. How the metal enters the mold, how the excess metal exits the mold, the shape size, and the design of metal paths, method used in filing the mold, weather conditions, heat, cold, humidity, shrink and shrink rate. Those are just some of the variables that we have learned to manage since 1988.

These variables are involved in all castings, now for the really difficult part, apply all these and more variables to the hydrofoil T-bar. Which arguably is the most difficult part ever designed to cast. Because of the long thin cross section of the strut with sharp front and rear edges and a large metal mass at both ends the fuselage at one end and the top that goes into the seat at the other. Others have tried casting their hydrofoil parts with little or no success. They even added large protruding performance robbing gussets to increase strength, still no success, so they moved their mold to my foundry to try to siphon off some of my technology.

Fortunately foundries cast tens of thousands of different shape parts and had little or no knowledge of what or why I did things the way I did. So they sent their mold to the mold maker I used and I have conferred with to design my molds for years. He refused to accept it and told them, that technology belonged to Air Chair and would not tell them a thing. They were later forced to give up on the casting process, and go to all machined parts which greatly increases the cost of the unit. Plus the alloy's used in machining do not resist corrosion so the foil tarnishes literally the first time in the water and tarnish creates drag and reduced performance. So they anodize the foils to prevent tarnishing. But if it chips from hitting foil edges on the boat or a rock it is not repairable. Casting alloys resist tarnishing reasonably well good enough so anodizing is not necessary so damage can be easily repaired.

All summed up, casting in one piece to shape is better and enables you to design the part for maximum strength and performance at a lower cost, all which help keep the Air Chair more reasonably priced. Our casting process is a closely held secret and if others were able to duplicate it they surely would. The performance of an extruded two piece welded T-bar is poor at best because of design limitations due to the extrusion process.

It is also impossible to eliminate performance robbing movement in the seat to T-bar junction when dealing with flat seat sides and contoured sides of the strut. As to the aluminum welding process trying to make 2 pieces of heavy aluminum one piece, I say good luck as I've been there and done that 22 years ago.

You may experience some limited success in your 2 piece welded T-bars with beginning riders. But as soon as the rider begins to jump the foil the cantilevered impact load on the welded joint becomes unacceptable and T-bar failure is inevitable. The problem is aluminum welding will not penetrate to make two pieced one. It remains a topical patch.

Air Chair has been manufacturing hydrofoil water skis since 1990 and enjoys an excellent track record of no serious injuries. I just hope they give up on this 2 piece concept before someone sustains a life threatening injury giving the entire hydrofoil industry a bad name. So to sum up the controversy of cast over a 2 piece extruded over one piece machined is as follows.

Cast one piece due to all the variations in manufacturing sometimes the finish in not as clear as machined or extruded, but one piece cast enable the manufacture to design for maximum performance and strength with alloy's that greatly resist performance robbing tarnish, with no anodizing necessary leaving ding, dent, scratching damage easily repairable for the owner. Our cast seat and foil assemblies are bullet proof and guaranteed for the life of the Air Chair, all at a reasonable price to the consumer.

Two piece extruded and welded are pretty to look at due to the extrusion process and alloys used. Extreme design limitations due to that same extrusion process that cause poor performance characteristics. The welded joint is unsightly and will certainly break as the novas rider begins to jump. The price is somewhat competitive to cast in one piece but the warranty is questionable.

Actual photos of a failed weld 2 piece T-bar

As you can see with the photo to the left, this is a prime example of why a 2 piece t-bar ultimately fails.

The weld used to join the 2 pieces together has no way to penetrate, so this leaves a surface weld only. For this type of application it simply will not hold up.

Again the photo to the left shows that the weld has no way to penetrate down, leaving riders with a false sense of safety. With no warning it will ultimately fail.

Anytime such welding of this amount is done to a T-bar it creates another weakness to the material.

Machined one piece, performance limitations due to thickness of material used. The alloy requires anodizing because of inability to resist tarnish. Heavy gusseting of the fuselage to re-enforce too thin of material greatly reduces slalom performance and maneuverability. Gusseting on the bottom of the fuselage also acts like a full length keel on a boat eliminating the ability of the foil to self correct the direction of travel, if jumps or aerial tricks result in a crooked or less than perfect landing. Pricing for machined one price is extremely expensive close to the cost of a good used boat. The machined one piece foil assembly under performs and is way overpriced compared to our cast one piece v-38 which is currently the preferred hydrofoil of the world champion rider Geno Yauchler, who has constantly out rode the others on his V-38 cast in one piece with a more reasonable price to the consumer.

The ride on a extruded welded T-bar is not near as good in performance than a cast T-bar, and has proven to be weaker. To provide a quality, high performance hydrofoil of cast (one whole piece) as well as cost effective for consumers Air Chair has developed a process over the 15 years of manufacturing that does just that, strength, quality, and top performance. This has resulted in a lightweight, sleek, strong, effective, top performing hydrofoil. Air Chair has done this at an affordable cost for consumers. No other hydrofoil compares to the Air Chair V-38! Isn't it time you got a V-38!

We hope you have enjoyed this additional information and you are better able to make an informed decision. The next thing to do is take one out and ride it, you too will see why

Geno Yauchler, the worlds repeated top hydrofoil rider chooses AIR CHAIR V-38