rgmacca forum posts in last 60 days

BWalnut said..
I've been thinking a lot about how we all likely desire something a little different from reviews. Radical footage, technical details, honest assessments, critical feedback, average Joe reports. There's a wide spectrum of information that can be included.

Personally, I lean hard on technical elements. Shapes, dimensions, setup details. Leaning on the numbers at the start strips away the marketing hype and gives me something objective to solidify my thought on. I also put a lot of value in review duration. Ideally 500 miles (800km) for any comprehensive review. 1000 miles (1600km) is even better as I think longer reviews reveal durability, as well as the little quirks and nuanced tricks that can only be found with time on foil in a variety of conditions.

I put less value in ride footage. I want to know the riders dims and style but beyond that I rarely see meaningful changes in ride footage from one video to the next of the same foiler.

I'm curious where others land. What makes a review truly valuable to you, and what is just noise?

ddgp said..
If the 3 attachment could be done in 2 for the PR. It would be a great upgrade imo. Less glove wear hehe

I'm not too handy but I think it could be easily done as they did with the Flow DWing V2

Adding both bars for reference

I'm considering talking to a paragliding workshop specialist and see if they can do it. But scared of going off some milimitres can screw the overall performance.

BWalnut said..
Omar (Maretasurf) seems to be frothing on the Power Packs:?si=8xoqKTHoY1IbTcli

cleverku said..
I've got about 30 sessions under my belt and consider myself an advance beginner (can fly straight but still can't nail a jybe).

I recently switched brands from Cabrinha to Axis and got out on the water for the first time last week. I found myself really struggling with the new gear. My main issues seemed to be take off. As soon as I would lift off the foil seemed to always be in a stalled position leading me to eventually crash down. I tried moving my feet forward on the board but then found the nose digging in too much before take-off. This is unlike my previous Cabrinha gear which would generally just take-off with speed aided only slightly with a small kick to back of the board. When I sometimes managed to get flying I struggled to keep flying due to stability issues.

My gear setup was a 960 Sptifire, a Black Short fuse, a 325 Progressive tail, and a 90cm HM carbon mast. Note I've paired all of these things with little knowledge or advice on the brand, hence thinking I've made some wrong choices.

Just wondering where/how I should start trimming the setup to fix the issue. Here are my thought on the potential issues, keen to hear other peoples thoughts:
- Mast too far forward in the tracks leading back foot pressure stalling the board
- Too small a tail for the wing. Would a 350 or larger tail be more suitable for a 960 wing?
- Incorrect length/type of fuse. I thought using a Black Short fuse would be the most stable given it's the longest one I have.
- Too small a front wing for my skill. Given the area of the 960 is just under 1200 I assumed that was large enough and comparable to what I was previously on (Cabrinha 1050 H Mk2 wing or 1300 X wing). I also bought the 720 and 840 Spitfires in anticipation of wanting to eventually step down in size after getting used to the bigger 960.
- Tail shim required? I didn't use shims on my Cabrinha gear so this tweak is new to me.
- Too ambitious a step up in gear for my skill. Is the Spitfire line designed to be unstable and not right for me.

Any advice to help quicken the solutioning highly appreciated. Thanks.