Split fins?

[ams511]

By the way, did any of you notice that the OP said thanks for the info on page one or two yet this thread has gone on for 16 pages. LOL

 

[Blackwood]

I use blade fins because in my experience they offer more control. Speed/thrust is not everything when it comes to diving. But saying that putting splits makes them less efficient in thrust is far from understanding the dynamics of fluids.

You keep alluding to an explanation of split fins from a fluid dynamics basis, but refuse to post or link to it.

If you have any scientific information showing that the thrust induced by split fins is fundamentally different than that induced by blade fins, please share it here: Split Fit Physics.

By the way, did any of you notice that the OP said thanks for the info on page one or two yet this thread has gone on for 16 pages. LOL

This website would be pretty boring if it was merely a Question and Answer board.

 

[fnfalman]

Sorry you've missed high school class discussing dynamics in fluids.

I didn't miss my fluid mechanics class in college.

I made a ridiculous post just to show how ludicrous your post was.

 

[BMoore]

Doing technical and cave diving I tend to avoid them. The split can cause line entanglements.

 

[Blackwood]

Doing technical and cave diving I tend to avoid them. The split can cause line entanglements.

Personally I think I'd be more worried about the root of that problem (kicking the line, which could cause it to come off the tie points)...

 

[Roko]

Dude, I am big proponent of blade fins when it comes to control but just to provide no real feedback only to mock split is rather poor taste.

Ignorance that I was referring to is the lack of basic understanding of fluid dynamics. You know, basic high school knowledge. (Well at least if you went to high school other than in US, in US might be advanced college program, like algebra

Try to think of my posts as less of an attack on any type of fin based on my supposed lack of understanding of fluid dynamics, and more of a humorous comment on the absurdity of this thread

 

[lmorin]

Doing technical and cave diving I tend to avoid them. The split can cause line entanglements.

If you are worried about entanglements, then I hope you avoid any fin with a buckle.

 

[Teamcasa]

Blade, Split, Propeller or whatever design, 99% of the fin's ability to move you in the water is up to the diver. Personally, I use many different types including the FlipFin by Omega.

 

[merxlin]

Blade, Split, Propeller or whatever design, 99% of the fin's ability to move you in the water is up to the diver. Personally, I use many different types including the FlipFin by Omega.

Oh man, here comes another 20 pages on those alone

 

[Teamcasa]

Oh man, here comes another 20 pages on those alone

You mean the FlipFins? Oh ya, we will get the failure point and entanglement argument from the cave divers but they don't like anything that is not peer pressure approved or black anyway. Good thing I'm not a fan of diving in caves.