Hi all, looking for advice between standard or short fuse. By the info I found on AFS page difference is 3cm standard is 68cm and short is 65cm. At the moment I have Silk 850 and Pure 700 v2 which I haven't ridden yet. I'm considering this fuselage if potentially I would get detachable silk or enduro for travel not because of inconvenience but because I'm afraid of monoblock foil getting damaged in transport because it's wider than my board so it's less protected. I can't imagine riding bigger foil than Silk 850 or enduro 800, maybe enduro 900. I like to ride waves like Silk likes to be ridden. I'm considering short fuse because I have read Bryan's comment about feeling that Silk 850 is the stiffness in the range. I don't particularly feel that I would need it much looser but than again it feels very stable for me and I ride it with 132 stab. I also got ug39. But more agility and potentially maybe better pump wouldn't hurt. Thanks for your insight!
Get whatever fuse you want. The unique thing about AFS, you can move the stab between both setting and end up shortening it through that anyway. Plus if you put one of the new small UGlide stabs on, you'll make it even looser.
I have both the mono Silk and the modular silk 850 (which I bought for travel). Im totally happy on the standard fuse on the modular setup. I normally ride it in the short position, but in very fast conditions it can get pitchy and I prefer the long position. Personally wouldn't really want to go shorter. If you like the way the mono Silk rides, then get the standard.
Short vs standard to me is a question of pitch vs roll.
The short is essential for foils with larger spans. Enduro 900 and bigger IMO.
I very much prefer the pitch stable experience that comes with the standard fuse that focuses your riding on roll.
I ride small tails, small foils, and the short chorded AFS masts and have not found any situation where I have wanted the short fuse to go into my riding.
I prefer using the standard fuselage with the smaller modular foils (Enduro 900, Silk 850). This is winging, parawinging, Foil Drive-ing.
I use the short fuselage with the bigger foils (Enduro 1300, Enduro 1100, Silk 1050)
I always use the shorter stabilizer position
The key thing to understand is that difference in length between the fuselages has been achieved by moving the mast closer to the front wing. Which by all accounts changes the way the foil rides considerably. The distance from the mast to the stab is the same on both fuses.
I have a 1050 monobloc Silk and a standard fuse and demountable 1050 Silk. With the stab in the forward position the geometry on both is identical bar 5mm and I can't tell the difference on the water.
