Foil wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 3:34 pm
grigorib wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 12:24 pm
Foil wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 7:41 am
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I had a very interesting conversation with a direct contact of an industry insider this week, when I was asking him about the confusing reasons moses had brought out the 450 rear wing and shorter fuselage,
during a trip to the moses factory ...
Would you share what you learnt?
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Apparently the aluminium foil set up sent out as a demo set up will differ from the production product which will have all interchangeable parts so people can upgrade easily.
I hope Moses can keep up great job of modular build they design. Today any of their masts - be it tuttle or plate, of any length could be used for any fuselage. There was a 2017 minor slip in making windsurf/surf wings different but guys recovered from that.
Better modular system lets users pick and choose components for their foil build and will streamline production allowing manufacturing more gear faster. Not speaking of warehouse/stock relief to manufacturer. For folks who travel the modular system is quite valuable too. I hope aluminum Moses masts will be compatible with carbon.
Alternatively though,
One doesn't want to be in patent licencing battle and pay Liquid Force money for selling aluminum masts.
If I was Moses I'd be machining mast adapter conversion kits for most widespread aluminum masts on the market - Slingshot/Cloud9/LF/Cabrinha. Carbon masts are luxury items, not everyone chooses those. So let people fly Moses wings and piggyback on their legacy aluminum mast. Another way/bet would be to produce fuselages with flat, flush top surface and a set of holes to mount onto most widespread aluminum hole spacing.
Being a major foil manufacturer - is it really a noble thing to make business in painting and labeling extruded aluminum? Let others do it and maybe live happier life in a world of CNC and carbon