I actualy design plans for a new board to give them to my shaper.
To be as flexible as possible I want to set inbetween the two standard rails for plate mount also a rail that will allow at least three position for kitefoilbox (kfb) strut heads (-4 cm, 0 cm + 4cm) .
I know this will go on cost of weight, but I like the kfb concept for shorter struts without big strut heads for traveling. And I don't have doupts that a three positon kfb will be weaker than a one place if adding a reinforcment frame inside the board in the middle of this elongated box to prevent it from getting stretched towards the sidewalls. The small front walls shouldn't take relevant load anyway.
But as I restarted boosting a bit, which could also be a goal with a maximum strut length of 90 cm and kfb (longer just with platte), I wonder if even two screws of normaly just M6 in a distance of 8 cm and the small box in general is able to take high loads. When I see what damages allready happen to plattes with 4 x M8 screws at a distance of 16,5 cm …. you know what I mean
As also not too many brands using kfb and most of them use it just with freeriding strapless style foils….
So anybody around, who has jumped his kfb setup, in the best case with a volume board, for a year without any problem and maybe a video of your riding style and your weight to evaluate how hard the load is.
Thanks a lot.