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Johndesu said..
Ok thanks for the info & photos colas. Have you heard of or tried "Power Base Fins" ?:-)
Nope.
Went to their web site
http://powerbasefins.com.au/ and it definitively seems like an interesting concept.
However, one of the best thing that happened in the removal fins ecosystem is the FCSII box. The base stiffness gained is unbelievable and is sensible on the water, compared to FCS1 and even futures (I always found the future fins I had were having some lateral looseness in their boxes). Alas, FCS forbids 3rd-party fins so you are limited to their fins.
This is to say that fins in the FCS1 system, like C-Drives, S-Wings, and powerbase must have advantages that will offset the huge drawback of not being available in FCSII, and often not having inside foil, which is harder to produce. I my opinion, it is the case of the S-Wings, it is still a bit the case of the C-Drive (I must confess I tend now also to use FCS Performers on my boards with FCSII boxes rather than C-Drives), but I doubt the advantages of the powerbase could be sufficient.
Actually, by thinking of it, my ideal fin would be a combination of the best features I found in different fins:
- the outline of the C-Drive
- the inside foil of FCS or Future fins
- maybe the gradual toe-in angle of the future fins, or some flex in the tip of the angle of attack (but no sideways flex) like the S-Wings
- the winglet tip of the "speed wings" (in a less crude version), that worked well but the rest of the fin was average
- a strong box connection, FCSII or probox.