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ArtemN ART999 with a lower stall speed did it help improve your tacks as compare to W1000 as shown in your other video? I am also looking for my first all around forgiving HA wing.
The extra glide of the 999 is helpful but still a wide span wing isn't that easy to do tight carving. The Fone Eagle is the most stable HA wing around AR 9/10.
Have you tried your 999 on an advanced fuse 'cause I can carve even the 1099 really tight on that. Can't imagine a high aspect wing doing it any tighter. 899 is crazy good. Also, if you are a light rider you might want to try -1 shim to give you the stability at high speeds. Unless you've tried these things it's hard to compare. I have no doubt the eagle is epic wing too. Soon to try!
This just circles back to what Alysum and I said. These are all bandaids for rushed foils that needed more testing. -1 shim makes it more stable at speed sure and so does coke can layers under the front wing. But these are unideal solutions to problems that shouldn't exist. -1 the tail and it won't turn, whereas the Eagle is plug and play, it's balanced, turns hard, points super hard, glides MUCH further than ART.
There is still great marketing with ART with a lot of good riders on them, but demo what's around and see for yourself.
I'm fairness to Axis no foil is perfect out of the box for every rider. Adrian Roper designs and tests his wings throughly and runs simulations as well as having riders test his equipment with many riders before releasing. He has told us that no shims are needed for 85kg riders, negative rear shins for light riders and positive shins for heavier riders. Fine tuning for sure and not needed for most of us.
Different brands have different release pace and different amount of testing, some brand rush products to the market, some release them later.
Fone has been quite late to the game with the HA wings and that is because they put more R&D into them against an early profit from rushing to the market. For example, they went HM straight away.
The ART were great when they first came out and are still good wings, but it needs more refinements (R in ART stands for Research 
). No doubt we'll be seeing HM at some point in the future ART wings.
I highly encourage riders to try as many foils as possible to see for themselves no matter how popular a brand is.
+1 try everything you can get your hands on. What works for me may not work for anyone else. ART's were great when they came out, and as an entry HA they're still good! They're fit for purpose for 7/10 riders, and most riders mowing the lawn will love them!
FYI I used the 999 and the 899 extensively and have had nine of the issues other powered about. I do have a tule not to get a wing more than 90cm across anymore since it's hard to turn well.
i think a little sand got in my fuse or something because I had an issue where the 899 / short / 375p would dive at high speeds. Disassembled and reassembled and it went away. No need to shim any of the foils, and I ride fast. On other HA wings now and the arts are nearly as good. I find the main difference comes from the connection system of comercial foils lacking and draggy in general.
