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I find I like the 475 progressive in the waves and the 460 flat off the dock.

Which fuse are you using with the 1310 in dock and waves?

Here I'm tightening up the base plate on my 1310 yesterday so you can see what it looks like.  I put a 500 anhedral rear for max lift since I was trying to lift by paddling in the glass out front.  Jeremy put me through some drills and even tried out my rig to show me that it will lift as well as tuning me into foot placement.  A great day in crystal clear water.

So what is the verdict on the rears? Was it a good idea to use the 500 anhedral?

I really didn't get to use it enough before I flew to the mainland for my surgery to know or compare it against others, like the 460.  Surgery went well but looks like I have a few months of rehab so I'll be depending on you guys to send in some feedback.  Right now I lent my 1310 to a hotshot foiler for him to give me as much feedback as possible.

This thread strayed into A-fib stuff, which is important if you 50 or beyond but I figured I'd bring it back to the original post.  Here I'm tightening up the base plate on my 1310 yesterday so you can see what it looks like.  I put a 500 anhedral rear for max lift since I was trying to lift by paddling in the glass out front.  Jeremy put me through some drills and even tried out my rig to show me that it will lift as well as tuning me into foot placement.  A great day in crystal clear water.

not a problem at all straying into other topics...i enjoy reading them as a 52 yr old who  may have to deal with all that stuff sooner or later...its good to know that you guys are here with a wealth of information

and the 1300 SOUNDS AWESOME too!

Yes.  You know it's wild how all this gets passed on.  I learned to stand up paddle 20 yrs ago at your age.  And the guy who is teaching me paddle-up lift on a foil, Jeremy, is 52 now.  Great communicator and mad skills. 

Tour boats cruised by us on their way out to Molokini, while we were out doing drills.  Jeremy spotted a nice series of wakes, lifted up and pumped his way out to them.  He's a great 'wake thief' and snagged one, riding all the way back into where we were.  I was blown away.

This thread strayed into A-fib stuff, which is important if you 50 or beyond but I figured I'd bring it back to the original post.  Here I'm tightening up the base plate on my 1310 yesterday so you can see what it looks like.  I put a 500 anhedral rear for max lift since I was trying to lift by paddling in the glass out front.  Jeremy put me through some drills and even tried out my rig to show me that it will lift as well as tuning me into foot placement.  A great day in crystal clear water.

Now that we've foiled  around and we're momentarily in switch stance with the wing in its new place, would anybody like to comment on the next 3 seconds, how to foil away stably on toeside?  My falls at this point are nearly all to windward.  Trying to get myself to not rush things, maybe flatten the board a little at 10:30 (if 12 o'clock straight downwind) and engage the wing gradually.

Any other advice/imagery appreciated.

jrob

What he said.  This is the concertina wire for me, as in the 'Great Escape'.  Thank you jrob for expressing it clearly.

In the event I wind up having to swim I can drink the water, reverse the bag to my chest, blow it full of air--presto, the life vest I didn't want to carry.

Presto? 
Sounds like some jingle from the 50s or 60s.  Maybe you have a future in marketing.  Oh wait...

At the age of 57 in '07 I had an afib way offshore on a downwinder.  Man, it'll rattle your cage pretty good.  Made it in on my knees, using my paddle as a sail.  Fortunately on my very first time on a rudder board so with my knee on the rudder, I could control my direction to a degree, not anywhere near 90 degrees to the wind but I did get in.  So yeah, establishing that it is a heavy 'thing', what to do about it?  So yes, camel backs.  At first after my afib, I put electrolytes in my camel.  But despite a casual rinse, crap grew inside it and I got terrible stomach issues after a run.  So I cleaned it out with a Clorox solution and let it dry out in the sun, open.  Then a few rinses.  From then on, nothing but plain water and occasionally I've put in a few ice cubes which don't make it cold, but just keep it from getting too warm.  I drink electrolytes from another container before and after a run.  I don't go over an hour and a half, which usually gets me around 10 miles.  And I wear a HR monitor and if I'm not feeling right, I can go in and walk to my car.  This time of year it's historically hot and muggy if the trade winds lighten and that's when you gotta have extra care.  I still go at 72.  If PB can go, I know I can too, tho I'm coming to the mainland next week to get bone spurs and loose tissue cleaned outta my shoulder, so it's gonna be rehab time for a bit.  Super stoked on the 1310 I've been on the last week.  I can paddle it up to the bottom of the board skimming the surface but with the weak shoulder, I haven't pushed it enough to get total lift.  But it'll give me the instigation I'll need to stay focused on the rehab.

Can confirm axis told me to fix my loose mast (DWs beat up old one) with fiberglass to prevent corrosion.

Great point.  I'd imagine that multiple insert and removal of mast from fuselage, as well as the movement of that joint during a downwinder, would slowly wear away any fiberglass cover.  Thanks for the heads up.

There were times when my AFIB was so bad that when surfing, I wasn't sure if I'd make it back to shore on overhead days. I had an ablation procedure done on my heart two months ago and it seems to have cured it. Recovery only took a week. It's not for everyone but I'm happy with my results. So far anyway.

I'm assuming by 'it' you mean ablation.  I had quite a downwind experience when I had an afib back in '07.  I was 190lbs and 57 at that time, which is usually the time they occur, mid to late 50s.  Unfortunately, like you, I was out in the elements, tho even much farther offshore when it happened.   I had no idea what it was and thought I was getting the flu.  Couldn't even paddle on my knees.  Any exertion was problematic.  So I put my paddle into the air like a sail and with the first rudder board I was ever on, guided myself the 7 miles back to my truck... and then to the ER.  I had no ablation but they did give me the big pad on my chest shock (under anesthesia) I think it's called cardioversion.    That worked for getting me back into rhythm but then they put me on this drug called flecanide, which is a heart rate inhibitor.  Taking that stuff was a drag and made me feel anxious, very anxious.  So despite their protests telling me I would die, I stopped taking it.  But since then, I've been on a steady program of CoQ10, and electrolytes before and after workout.  Magnesium is the big thing to make sure you get.  It's in green leafy vegies but I also supplement calcium mag in the evenings.  At 72, no afibs since and I still do downwinders.  But I do wear a HR monitor to keep tabs.  All the best.  I know the feeling you describe about wondering if I would get in.

I just got my 1310 and it's a ton of fun. Great sup foiling in small waves but can handle a lot of speed if the waves get bigger. On dock starts, it's a blast. More glide than the 1150. I'm still dialing in what rear works best for me, so far the 475 has been great.
The foil works great on the carbon. The 1310, is doable on a metal mast of you're a light rider. If you're heavy then you're flexing mast and loosing power and glide.

I'm 210 and just been out on my new 1310 the last two days, with 75 high mod mast (wow, is it great) and a 460 and a 500 anhedral today.  Paddled it and then 'winged' it.  With my bum shoulder (I go to the mainland next week for surgery) I could only paddle it to just skimming but not lift off.  With the wing, I could flag the wing on lifted and pump it to get the rhythm.  Its rhythm is different from any foil I've used before and I'll echo what you said about the 'ton of fun'  Now I have something to visualize  during my rehab.  Pretty stoked.  Keep me posted on what you discover.  Thanks!

I'm not sure about the carbon masts but I seem to remember reading that the Axis foils are actually fiberglass where they come in contact with the fuse to avoid galvanic (?) corrosion. If true, I thought that was pretty clever.

I finally asked someone who knew and you are correct.  It's fiberglass.  Yes.  Clever

Some companies have carbon masts which insert into aluminum fuselages.  Doesn't this cause corrosion?  The the anodized aluminum protect from that?  I have a well used aluminum fuselage and can see where the red color has worn off in spots on the inside where the mast would insert.  Does that make it more vulnerable?

Great camera angles.

We flew in the same era. What we lived through back then, is super relevant to where wing ding design is today.

Roy Haggered invented the tight canopy with the UP Comet and changed the sport forever. Prior to figuring out "how" to make a tight canopy, all kinds of failed ideas did not add performance. Like double surfaces and topless. We needed tight canopies first. Then other ideas would work.

Right after that Bob Trampneau invented in-flight variable geometry (in flight canopy tension changes).

Looking at winging, I see so many brands that have yet to figure out how to make tight canopies. My guess, we'll need models with less tight canopies for the entry level.

Not sure where tip reflex with end up in winging. Best guess, we'll have some form of load induced twisting like a windsurf sail, while maintaining that tight canopy tension needed to keep the L/D.

Exciting times.

There is a lot of junk in the marketplace to this old hang glider guy who lived through it.

Bob Trampenau built my glider frame in S.B.  when I went up to the Owens Valley in 1979, which featured possibly the first carbon leading edges, or rather carbon wrapped on aluminum.    But if I got inverted, like I had read how some pilots had done, I didn't want to fold up and the carbon wrap would give the aluminum tubing that compression strength.  I did go 'over the falls' once but managed not to flip over, just about barfing with the terror of losing 3-4 grand real fast.  That's why tempting fate with aerobatics, like the pilot does in this video, never really turned me on.  I agree with you about the relevance to foil design for us now.  Washout or twist is certainly being used.  I love it all.  I know there was and probably still is some Hang gliding parks where you are in Florida.  Great thermaling from what I heard and tow planes to take you up to altitude and hook into the development .

This is a wing and a foil is involved.  But the medium is air.  I promise this one will be entertaining.  Best HG footage ever IMO.  Drone footage capturing loops and spins.  This is a great double surface glider and is 'topless' (no top wires so less drag)   I flew a topless glider in 1979 but it had struts. No struts on this one.   Don't ask me how.  I've been out of the sport for 42 years.  The pilot is obviously fearless.  The max pushed out spins certainly blew my mind.  I saw spins when I flew but never this controlled.  I nevah.  Guys were occasionally flipping upside down back then, their bodies landing into the frame of aluminum tubing.   Just imagining it made me freaked and prevented me from even thinking about it.  I knew some great aerobatic pilots but being a Maui pilot,  my focus was always thermaling.   To me, aerobatics were for places with untold lift, like money to burn.