Yesterday I moved the pod down into efoil mode, just above the mast.  Pretty cool.  I love that the pod (and power) doesn't come out of the water unexpectedlly and the power is constant but man does it force the nose up in that position.  I don't have a lot of tools to counter that.  I spent most of the hour (1 battery) figuring that out.  I think I need a gel pad of some sort to allow about an inch of movement.  I can't really slide fore/aft on my current pad, although I need to.  Lots of low foiling on the Falcon and really fun.

The Falcon foil, fuse and infinity tail are still holding up, even with the soon to be improved fuse joint.  No signs of stress yet.

Chan winged on the little red foil (the smallest member of the modular system) with an Infinity tail and her small swim missile.  That was cool to watch.  She flew it across the river a number of times, although that narrow (17 inch board) looked super challenging on the surface.  That foil may be really fun as well but it looks like it could also benefit from the new fuse joint and a larger stabiizer.  So far she  found the Falcon mnuch more consistant and easier to use.  We are definitely bringing the weird. 

Yes, the key is chamber heat=80C, bed heat (a little hotter than recommended), absolutely dry filament, and as wide a raft as I can fit.

Today was very sweet! 

I first tried the Axis 1150/400 with the Foil Drive and it was a wheelie fest.  Went in to put on my 1100 with a new 310 mm tail that I made this morning .  It has a vertical stabilizer and is very similar to sailplane tails.  Still a small tail but it has 30% more area and volume than the very small Infinity tails we have been using.  Also a shorter and stiffer fuse (although nothing close to the new setup that is in the works).  What a difference!  Smoother takeoffs, easier to level and much longer flights.

Then Chan flew it with a 3.5 wing and she looked nice and level with none of the earlier foot and stance stuff.  She looked rad light wind cruising (12 MPH). 

This has me very stoked on the new fuse joint, stiffer fuses, larger infinity tails, etc.  I need to get cracking!

Was this the first “Real” extended flight with your homemade printed prototype front wing and tail?

Hi Beasho,

Yes, these were my first extended flights.  Chan has been the real test pilot with her wingsurfing.  She has now had the Falcon (box wing) and all 4 of the modular foils flying. 

yes, I didn't know what to make of Adrian saying that mounting the mast directly over the foil doesn't work.  His explanation didn't make any sense at all either.   Nice to have your data point that at least for the foil you designed, it works with mast directly mounted.  We also have the fellow below who found the same thing:

How the hell are you printing those double wingtips?? Tip on the plate with a lot of support, or wings on the plate with a lot of bridging and support?? That looks difficult. The rest, not so much though there would still be plenty of sanding.

Hi Gneve,

Chan is 115 lbs and she likes the 84 liter board which is probably very close to what her SUP foil downwind size would be.  I have no real frame of reference but based on her experience  and the gains she saw over her 64 liter board I am guessing somewhere around 110 Liters for me at 170 lbs.  I can get into the right swell on the 84 liter board but I would like to get the less perfect ones as well.  We ordered a 100 Liter and a 110 to see how those go.  They should be here in July.  Dave has all of these designs on file and could easily fit one to your specs.  He is great to work with.

Funny how the universe works in that I just picked up what I believe to be Chan's 7'7". Stoked to see if I can leverage this board to catch some outer sandbar waves here in Charleston.

I'm also considering this for light wind winging but balance could be tricky.  Should be fun to try!

I'll report back when I've had a chance to give the board a go. Not sure what foil to start with:

- Unifoil Progression 140
- Axis ART1099
- Axis HPS1050

Leaning towards the 140 but open to suggestions.