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Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby PurdyKiter » Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:18 pm

Side note DIY:
I took a Slingshot/Moses non-surf fuselage and mounted the 483 stabilizer with my 590. This required 20 minutes of very careful filing work on the fuselage as the 483 is built for a Moses surf fuse. You get it to seat in perfectly. This has made the 590 setup lift up onto it's plane much faster, it has made freestyle/footswitches much easier.
Cheating? Probably.
I've used it on my Kanaha shape 38 and 42 pocket boards strapless.
In the video above Fred Hope is almost always on his 590 Moses/Slingshot (without the 483)

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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby dave1986 » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:37 pm

It looks like Fred Hope uses a 111cm mast in the video above.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a longer mast?

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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby SparD » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:00 pm

Of course you can do it and it's extremely fun and easy !


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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby joekitetime » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:02 pm

Cool! Do you know what wing he is riding? Thanks!

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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby SparD » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:04 pm

Yes I know :) it's me !

Comet 111 => 111 mast, 637 front and 420 back
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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby joekitetime » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:23 pm

SparD wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:04 pm
Yes I know :) it's me !

Comet 111 => 111 mast, 637 front and 420 back
Sweet, awesome, and thanks!

I bought the "quiver" of Moses wings and I've been working thru them all. My 637 and 420 are still in their wrappers! I was riding the 590 a lot when the wind was good, and riding the 633 a lot for fun, or in crappy winds, or when it is cold. So I've been eyeing that 637 and wondering (for far too long) if I could ride it. I have a new T22 board coming, and I hope to be riding it on that. Not totally sure of the mast placement yet but I'm super stoked to see it can be ridden strapless and on a micro board. Thanks!

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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby SparD » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:30 pm

You should not wait, 637+420 is fast but also easy in my opinion.
Its very stable and has quite some lift I think.

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Re: Race foil on pocket foil board? (Moses 637)

Postby joekitetime » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:42 pm

SparD wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:30 pm
You should not wait, 637+420 is fast but also easy in my opinion.
Its very stable and has quite some lift I think.
Thanks. I already bought the wings! Just need to ride them! They intimidate me!

But I'll give it a whirl very soon!


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