Select to expand quoteSandman1221 said..
Take that back, the AFS F770 wing can be pumped in-flight, but it is not as powerful as the F1080 wing, so have to pump it with less effort so that you do not push it through the water, can be pumped to cover a short drop in wind speed.
Was going to say, I've been able to pump the starboard 650, 900 and slingshot i76 and i99. There's just a big difference in race and much larger freeride foils.
Select to expand quoteaeroegnr said..Sandman1221 said..
Take that back, the AFS F770 wing can be pumped in-flight, but it is not as powerful as the F1080 wing, so have to pump it with less effort so that you do not push it through the water, can be pumped to cover a short drop in wind speed.
Was going to say, I've been able to pump the starboard 650, 900 and slingshot i76 and i99. There's just a big difference in race and much larger freeride foils.
Yeah, the F770 is a slalom wing, big difference from the F1080 freeride wing even though it is higher aspect than typical freeride wings.
I ride the i76 and i84. Don't really need much wind to pump up onto the foil with the i84. At 60kg, largest sail is a 5.5M. Plenty of power for F3 winds. On the light wind days with larger swells would just crank upwind has hard as possible. Ride the swells downwind with the sail luffed out pumping the foil as needed. Sometimes grabbing the boom and powering up the sail. . Fun "foil surfing" the swells. Has me considering going over to the dark side and reconsidering wing foiling. Problem is the bank account and big swell days are rare when the air and water temps are survivable.
