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Winging for the past 6 months has built up my forearms, biceps, back muscles and burnt a lot of my belly fat  8)

However I've also developed rotator cuff pain on both shoulders  :'( would love to hear experiences on how to build up those and reduce it.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 10, 2021, 05:55:12 PM »
My Axis Kane tail just arrived. $265 delivered.

Thickness is same as the 420. Chord is more at 65mm versus 50mm for the 420. Span is 355 versus 420.

My next session should be fun. The water speed app will reveal all I care about.





Nice! Look forward to your review vs the 420 in particular with upwind and carving to see how effective the. upwards tips on the 420 are

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Yeah Slingshot are a bit weird at the moment.

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haha that looks like a shocking bad design that dart wing, look how loose the canopy material is ! Any sailor will tell you how bad that is.

The Spencer brothers do front/back flips with them but that's rider skills over wing design....

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 04, 2021, 05:33:17 PM »
Someone just told me that the 420 tail has better upwind than his cut down 460 (to 410).

So this means the upwards tips means better upwind, interesting.....

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 04, 2021, 03:21:01 AM »
Hi Sydney,

There are two new High Aspect tails coming.  A 400 which is a smaller version of the 460 and a 380 which is a smaller version of the 420.

Thanks, does that mean the 400 is going to be flat without those upwards tips like the 460?

Axis confusing us as usual  :-\ Need some proper details and matching guide on their website.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 04, 2021, 12:06:32 AM »
In other news I read somewhere that there will be a smaller 420 design stab; 380  8)

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 03, 2021, 05:47:16 PM »
Can someone shed some light on the 980 prototypes around at the moment vs the production range coming out later ?

I heard that the production one will be slightly different and slower  ;D

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 02, 2021, 03:54:01 AM »
What is actually confusing me is which way to the angles of incidence change with shims.

Admin posted this info a while back:
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The 980 front wing has an incidence of +.54 degrees.  This is notable.  That is 1/2 of a degree !
The 420 rear wing has an incidence of -1.91 degrees (on the black fuselage only).

Shimming the back of the rear tail increases the negative AOI doesn't it ? (say it goes from -1.91 to -2.91) so how does it make it more stable with bigger numbers (or perhaps it's the other way round  ;D)

Scratching my head with all the numbers  :o

Yeah, you've got it backward. shimming to reduce porpoising and make the foil work better at higher speeds is shimming the front of the stabilizer to reduce the total incidence, in other words, to reduce the amount of up elevator that is built-in that helps beginners and people going slow to get their board up out of the water and flying.

Most axis foil/stabilizer combinations wind up with about 5 degrees total incidence, in other words, 5 degrees of up elevator. Shimming the front of the stab to reduce that to 2-3 degrees makes the porpoise calm down until you get going fast enough, and then it comes back, but it's more controlled.
I get that shimming the front of the stabiliser reduces the AOI to make it more stable at speed.
However shimming the the back of the stabiliser increases the AOI and makes the black series more stable. Sorry I still don't get that one. Because we always need SOME positive degrees for stability and lift like every airplane has? :o

Apologies for being annoying perhaps I should forget about shims induced confusion and just go short  fuselage and I'll get used to the pulses. Every foil pulses somewhat anyway!
It's a good point hobby horsing and too much lift are two different things. The 980 definitely becomes too lifty once it gets very windy for my weight. Looking forward to smaller HPS wings.

Wished axis would just clear this all up on their website....

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 01, 2021, 04:16:50 PM »
What is actually confusing me is which way to the angles of incidence change with shims.

Admin posted this info a while back:
Quote
The 980 front wing has an incidence of +.54 degrees.  This is notable.  That is 1/2 of a degree !
The 420 rear wing has an incidence of -1.91 degrees (on the black fuselage only).

Shimming the back of the rear tail increases the negative AOI doesn't it ? (say it goes from -1.91 to -2.91) so how does it make it more stable with bigger numbers (or perhaps it's the other way round  ;D)

Scratching my head with all the numbers  :o

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: January 01, 2021, 03:27:11 PM »
I would like to better understand the conditions too in which the "hobby horsing" syndrome happens.

For me:
- Definitely a lot less when using the rear shim (the one supplied), I do need to try back to back with and without to be certain.
- I get less with a flat stab (custom) than the 390GAP rear (too much drag from the thickness?)
- Smoother/flatter water means less hobby horsing too

This is all on the ultra short fuselage.

I am wondering whether the short fuselage would still be better to mitigate this ? I am enjoying how loose and how much I can pump with the US but I wonder whether it's more to do with the high aspect wings then the US fuselage (well probably both).... How long is the black series short fuselage ?

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: December 31, 2020, 04:26:24 PM »
Are you a 116 lb 65 year old female?

She is stoked.
lol well done to Jacky 8)

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: December 31, 2020, 02:22:55 PM »
Jacky broke her speed record today. HPS980/420 no shim.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeRa_IrPtd/?igshid=1fs64898o5091

Mph? That's about 16kn. I've got 19.2knots.

I can also hit 18kn with the 1000.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: December 31, 2020, 04:07:45 AM »
today I had another go on the 980 but this time I used the rear shim on the custom flat stab and what a difference it makes after my session yesterday (where it was pulsating lots), with the shim is a lot more stable. It was also light winds 13-17Kn which is where I find the 980 excels best for my 76kg and 6m wing.

As such I am not thinking of sticking to ultra short over short as I enjoy it being loose and pumping. Anyone else enjoying the ultra short with the 980/1050?

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils
« on: December 30, 2020, 05:22:57 PM »
A request:  Would someone with experience with the Axis 980 wing please list the positives and negatives of this wing in comparison with other wings they may have owned (i.e. Armstrong 1850 or 1250, Moses 1100, Slingshot i84 or i76, etc.).

I'm looking for new winging (and windfoiling) foils so thanks in advance for any info.

My best advice is to demo them yourself. Please do not buy a complete new foil set without trying first. Especially with the HPS black series, it's an advanced foil which requires skills to get it going and keeping it going.

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