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Am i the only retard to modify my airfoil?

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Old Dec 7, 2000 | 09:25 PM
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Am i the only retard to modify my airfoil?

I never liked how my SLP looked so i took a dremel to it and grinded down the point some more to where i could take a piece of paper and slice it down the middle. anybody else as dumnb as me?
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Old Dec 7, 2000 | 09:31 PM
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Mkos,

I must be dumber. I made my own airfoil, but I used fiberglass resin and a mold, then milled a copy from aluminum billet:



I was thinking of having some die cast at a local shop, but was disappointed by the lack of performance improvement. Forty bucks for one of these seems to be a waste.

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Old Dec 7, 2000 | 09:43 PM
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I just polished mine.
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Old Dec 7, 2000 | 10:06 PM
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lol Vader

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