I'm not sure what the situation is with the TI, but I've always wondered why the AI is built so that the akas drop when they are folded backward or forward, so that the amas drag in the water. If the amas lifted, instead of dropping, you would be able to fold them and pedal without them dragging in the water. This would be handy when the wind dropped, or when travelling down creeks or narrow waterways and you could hopefully achieve speeds approaching those which the boat is capable of in Adventure mode.
The reason they drop, is that the aka receivers on the crossbars are angled up at about 5 degrees. This causes the akas to be at their maximum height when fully extended:
I'm wondering why it isn't oriented with the aka receiver angled down and the aka angled up relative to it's bracket, to compensate, like this:
The aka would still be at the same angle when fully extended, but would sit higher when folded forward or backward. I'm probably missing some bit of engineering (or boating) reality here, but I'd be grateful if anyone could point out what's wrong with that setup.