subject: Prijon Balanced Wing Rudder, The Most Efficient Kayak Rudder Kit !!! [print this page] Prijon Balanced Wing Rudder, The Most Efficient Kayak Rudder Kit !!!
The Prijon Balanced Wing Rudder (For Prijon Kayaks) offers the users some very significant performance advantage in compare with other sea kayak rudders. With this balanced rudder the breaking effect disappears when performing a turn, this is one of the most significant advantage of this rudder. A light preassure is only needed on the foot pedals. As you may already know, the breaking effect, is a common issue in other sea kayak rudders.
The Prijon Balanced Wing Rudder is a rudder blade made out of glass- filled nylon. The combination of the wing- like form and the glass- filled nylon gives the blade a strong and efficient formation that produces less drag on the kayak rudder in compare with the drag that other usual kayak rudders produce.
There is lot more equalization on the steering forces due to the off area that exists on each side of the pivot point of the steering mechanism, because the rudder blade lines up directly underneath this pivot.
Prijon Kayaks use this kind of rudder, the Balanced Wing Rudder. As you may already know, this Prijon rudder brings kayak rudders into the modern world.
Recent Prijon kayaks come with a rudder-ready V Block. This V Block was included with the Balanced Wing Rudder prior to 2008 and has been a standard to all Prijon kayaks since then. You need to get a V Block separately if your old Prijon Kayak doesn't come with that item.
One of the reasons that a V Block can be useful is, to place the kayak rudder on the deck when you paddle across shoal water, the other reason is that you can transport your kayak on a roof rack and this item will help you place it.
Another very helpful advantage that this kayak rudder has is that it helps to keep the rudder in the water, even through large and steep waves, because of its central position and its length.
The large deployment wheel gives an advantage over other kayak rudders, this is because it makes the raising and the lowering easier comparing to other kayak rudders.
The highest quality of stainless steel is used in all of the hardware; which includes the cables, the fittings and the connectors. The adjustments of the cables may be done by using traditional reusable clamps without crimping.
People talk about the great design this kayak rudder has and it's long durability. These people have their kayaks with a Prijon Balanced Wing Rudder, even if they don't really need one, and they use it to balance the weather helm on long crossings.
So, to make a summary of the benefits that this Balanced Wing Rudder has, we can say that there are three mayor ones, the reduction of drag, the increasing of the power on turns, and its long durability.
