craggers said..
What about a control bar kind of v shaped or sort of like a boomerang, do you think it will be sort of self straightening? So if you were holding it unhooked, onehanded in the centre while riding a wave the bar would be naturally inclined to self centre, a little bit auto pilot style...?
Agree? Disagree? Any thoughts from the bored??
It doesn't matter what shape the bar takes (curved or straight) because IMO it's all about the placement of the connection points. Have a look at Lostatsea'a picture, that bar actually curves downwards a little but the line connection points effectively create the upward V Craggers is suggesting. I think you need a slight upward 'V' in the three points between the line connections and where the centreline passes through the bar to stop the bar twisting through it's long axis under load.