Just wondering.... What length fuselage are people winging on and is there general consensus of what works well.

I'm riding a 64cm Fanatic but haven't tried any others so don't know what I am missing out on

I ride AXIS and have gone from the long fuse, to short fuse, crazy short and ultra crazy short.

If I am wanting speed, the long fuse is beneficial and super steady.

If I want to turn/carve faster, then ultra crazy short is the go ( and least steady).

Another Newbie question

Is there a somewhat standard method for measuring the fuse length? Is it maximum overall length from the front of the front wing to the max back of the stab or just the length of the bit you buy as the fuse?

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Jethrow said..
Another Newbie question

Is there a somewhat standard method for measuring the fuse length? Is it maximum overall length from the front of the front wing to the max back of the stab or just the length of the bit you buy as the fuse?

I believe usually the length is measured by the physical length of the fuselage itself so it's not an exact science going brand to brand.

I currently use the 50cm on the Armstrong and love it as it's super snappy.

Yeah, thanks for that.
I'm on my first foil, an F-one gravity 2200 and the fuselage is split nearly on two with the front half going from the wing to back past the mast, making fuse length comparisons quite difficult.
I suppose in time we will gravitate towards a way of making comparisons, until then I guess we're stuck with whatever the manufacturers give us.

You can always measure effective fuze length from tip of front wing to most back portion of rear wing.

Yeah Lee, the engineer in me says that if we described it as the length from front of front wing to rear of stab, and include a measure for where the front of the mast is, it would help standardise the discussion.

For example 850/40% or 850/340 would represent the maximum length of 850mm with the front of the mast 340mm from the front of the foil. Easy to compare and not at all ambiguous.

All the other dimensions we use are non-brand specific, why not the fuse...

The answer is it depends. Depends on your skill level and whether you want to be able to pump at a higher cadence (short) or slower cadence with stability (long). How hard you want to carve etc...

It also depends on what brand you're using as all the different foil designs differ.
Mid-aspect foils generally use shorter foils than H.A. wings as they are more twitchy at speed.

Some common setups for wing: Armstrong riders mostly use the tc60cm. Axis S series ultra-short, Axis B series short etc...

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