First session with the 85cm Project Cedrus mast. With the plate and the adapter, it is closer to 89cm - really good for committed wing foiling. I bolted on the Axis ART 999 on the Ultrashort fuselage and added the 400 progressive rear stabilizer. No question on what wing (OR Glide A 5.0).
Wind was there, but it made you work for it. What made it worse was the bolt connection for the Axis adapter is a little different - one bolt goes through the adapter into the mast, another goes through the fuselage and the adapter into the mast, and the last one just goes through the fuselage into the adapter. The first and last bolts fit really nicely. The second one did not want to tighten all the way - seemed just a little too long. I got it super close and everything seemed good to go so I hit the water.
Also tried out the GoPro 9 I got over the weekend (on really good sale for Black Friday). I had gotten a kite strut mount a while back and the OR Glide had a spot on the rear of the boom that looked suitable. Truth is it was too close to me and didn't quite get a wide enough field of view.
Surprisingly the ART 999 got up pretty quickly. It felt really sensitive though - which I originally attributed to the form factor (super narrow chord, super thin chamber, really long span), but after the session and examining the bolts had loosened, it became apparent I need to address the bolt number 2.
Not really that much wind, so this front foil is really promising.
More experimentation coming up!!!
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