it’ s really convenient when water is cold or if you want to take rest out of water.
only problem is when there is waves , it take more time to get enough speed.
@Gobbla, IMHO, not sure at all but seems to make sense, the 4500W limit makes it all good or all wrong:
If you say 6000W to the police you are fined and not covered by your insurance in case of accident because you are ignoring the law.
If you say 4400W to the police you are OK and covered in case of accident with the civil liability contained in your home insurance because you didn’t need a licence.
About your board:
1-110l and it floats : did the following relationship work OK for you ?
Board volume (L) = rider weight (kg) + equipment weight (kg) + 30
2- I am intrigued by your bevel on the rear of your board like on 2019 commercial foil boards. Did you notice any positive effect on take off or touch downs ? You have modified this principle by adding a plastic sheet + big black shims. Any reason ?
this is my load list :
pilote + suit : 75Kg
board mistral re cut : 14.4Kg
motor + reducer + pipe + fixation : 4.3kg
case + ESC : 4.8kg
batteries : 4kg
foil gong : 5.2kg
fixation of foil : 1kg
total : 109kg
no 30kg margin but seems working, weight are measured with scale
mybe board volume is more ?
for point 2, this bevel was a mistake , i was expecting some short take off.
But result is opposite. Due to short lenght of board nose of board was getting up . it was difficult to take speed. i add this plastic sheet to compensate this bad cut. now it’s working fine
on XT90 you should print it without support , one ring is already in model to make better gasket groove. after printing you can easyly remove it with small screw driver.
Thank you very much @Gobbla! Regarding the XT90, and suppose that you are using AWG10 cables. Is that enough for our power hungry efoils? A friend of mine, who is electrical engineer says that I should minimum use AWG 8 cables, because of the lenght of the cables, and therefore XT150 connectors.
hi , i m actually using 8mm² cable similar to AWG8,
no problem with it , stay cold.
i will use 6mm² cable similar to AWG9 ?
i m betwenn 20 to 30A during flying, 40 A during take off, shortly.