Introducing the AFS Enduro 1300/HA43 combo -
I wanted to test this out... and the guaranteed way was with the Foil Drive. This will eventually support my parawinging - but I'll still Foil Drive with it to get the feel of this foil down and then wing with it to get the foil position set on the Dragonfly.
I had the HA43 on the longer fuselage position - I'm going to switch it to the shorter position next session.
This foil can glide - when I got up and settled, I did not have to pump much if at all and I was getting long rides. The HA43 stab did make it a little hard to get push out of the pumps I did do, but I think that has more to do with getting the feel of the foil.
I could turn the foil, but again I think it will be easier when I move the stabilizer forward.
The west wind was actually wingable - especially with the Enduro 1300. But I always look at the thermals as suspect - and they can drop out at any time. They actually stuck around today - it would have been nice to fly around with the wing. I'm going to keep an eye on the wind... but the forecast says Monday and then the weekend after Christmas.
I think there are 11 rides in this. I did have a lot of false starts, and had to make a lot of adjustments on the foil position. The foil ended up forward of the Spitfire 960 position. Might be the Center of Lift location on the narrower chord E1300.
Hopefully the west wrap keeps getting bigger...
W:152/PW:2/FD:94/F:5/S:29
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