I've been using a supercruiser on a jp 120 for a couple of months now and although it kind of works, the combination doesn't feel as good as it could be.
I am wondering if the foil is a bit meh !
or is it the way it is set up,
or it's perhaps slightly incompatible with the board.
My race foil wing setup, on a 95 plus, plugged into our Starboard freerides 150 or 125, seem to be pretty perfect.
They were plug in and play from day one. And as a bonus, they are so tuneable, moving from slight front foot or rear foot pressure by moving from - 0.5 to -1.5 deg shims depending on how the mood takes you.
They're stable and predictable, and we've been using them a lot recently, so I've got a really great benchmark to compare.
However the Sc didn't really work with the free rides
Its a much more of a rear footed setup, than the other Starboard foil system, which is definitely front footed.
So I've plugged it into our Jp's, thinking that would work, as the JP's seem to like a rear footed foil.
Its ok, but I'm not that impressed with the ride, and its unfortunately not living up to my expectations.
Sometimes it feels that the foils dragging in the water, as I can feel a vibration in the foil, and that's with a carbon mast...
My stab is set to neutral as well, so it can't be that.
also it's fairly unstable.
Someone on here ( WOH?) once described it as balancing on a beach ball, which is definitely how it feels.
it needs a lot more of rider input than I expected, and it's really twitchy at times when the wind gets up.
We call the Jp120 with the Sc ' el Diablo' .. the devil
As a plus point, the stall speed, as anticipated, is lower - so is more forgiving through the corners, when it's not that breezy.
Maybe it's because the Sc wing is quite flat so hasn't got built in stability?.
So am I expecting too much from the SC? I'd be interested in other users input.
It would be also useful, if someone could measure up a foilX 135, to see if the mast foot position from the front bolt hole, and also foot straps are similar to my JP120. I trust Starboards settings as our other boards were just pretty much spot on.
I could at least try to replicate the settings and eliminate that variable.
Otherwise, any other thoughts?
Trying out footstrap positions using a hedge!
thanks!