Hi i am just to order JIMMY LEWIS FLYING V 6'5" X 28.5" .Will ithe controller work well with my gen 2 foil drive.?? I watched some of your training videos using their boards
Hey mate, we have a few people ordering longer motor cables and mounting their battery oinn the nose of longer prone boards 6' - 7'. The feedback they give us is that the weight is noticible on the front of the board due to the added swing weight but for them, they just can't get the hang of SUP foiling so they are happy with the comprimise so they can use the motor on a prone style setup. The minimal weight up front wouldnt make much difference in the takeoff phase discussed in this video as the thrust and lever arm of that thrust is so great. Think about 80kg guy standing further forward has a much greater effect then aabout a 2kg battery further forward. Your weight would be applying much more force than 2kg on the nose. Then once you are up and flying you want the most balanced setup you can for the best feeling ride, so having the motor at the back with a short lever arm is the best solution. Once again we have exageratted the required body movement to demonstate the effect, in reality it is a very small adjustment to make for a short period of the takeoff process.
One more question guys Did you use full throttle to get up and was the paddling really necessary or could you have gotten up even without the paddling !
Hello Ben and Paul I used my Foil drive for the first time today and used it like an efoil without the paddle and was able to get up on foil initially when the battery was at close to 100% but when the battery got down to about 50-60% I noticed some power drop and was unable to get up on foil even at 100% power. Should one expect this power drop ?
Hey mate, On the Assist this is totally normal. It is caused by the dropping voltage of the battery during useage. As the volts get lower the system cannot produce the same thrust. The Assist was never designed or intented to be used as an efoil as the only mode of propulsion to maintain flight. It was designed to be an assistance motor to enable an easy start for for wave, wind or pump flight so that sag is not as noticable when being used as intended. One of the improvements we made with the Assist PLUS with its new electronics stack and higher voltage battery was to program out this "sag" by limiting the thrust output at the start of the battery to a level that was achieveable at the end of the pack also. This gives the effect that the system produces the same thrust throughout the battery life.
how do you guys control the throttle % when riding? I found it easy to switch between 0 (obviously) and max% but maintaining stable intermediate %% is more difficult.
It can take a little bit of time to get use to the triggers and how much you need to press them to maintain a stable throttle percentage. if you're finding it's not comfortable for you, try flipping the controller mount upside down and using the controller with your opposite hand. You can see this explained in more detail here: ruclips.net/video/VJZR45-BQtI/видео.html
We find 20-25cm from the board works best if you want to use the motor just for getting up to speed and poping up. That then leaves most of the mast drag free for foiling!
@@foildrive My board is also quatro wing drifter 6'0 , but the mast is shorter and it's 75cm. I would like to order a foil drive. I am wondering about the cable length. Which length would be better?
@@ddddddddooo123 Shoot us a email to support@foildrive.com and i can flick you a guide to measuring the cable length. Otherwise i think 85cm from memory suits the 6' quatro board.
Hi i am just to order JIMMY LEWIS FLYING V 6'5" X 28.5" .Will ithe controller work well with my gen 2 foil drive.?? I watched some of your training videos using their boards
Thinking... what if you designed a flatter, thin battery and mounted it on the nose, in front of the front foot? Could help with weight distribution
Hey mate, we have a few people ordering longer motor cables and mounting their battery oinn the nose of longer prone boards 6' - 7'. The feedback they give us is that the weight is noticible on the front of the board due to the added swing weight but for them, they just can't get the hang of SUP foiling so they are happy with the comprimise so they can use the motor on a prone style setup.
The minimal weight up front wouldnt make much difference in the takeoff phase discussed in this video as the thrust and lever arm of that thrust is so great. Think about 80kg guy standing further forward has a much greater effect then aabout a 2kg battery further forward. Your weight would be applying much more force than 2kg on the nose.
Then once you are up and flying you want the most balanced setup you can for the best feeling ride, so having the motor at the back with a short lever arm is the best solution.
Once again we have exageratted the required body movement to demonstate the effect, in reality it is a very small adjustment to make for a short period of the takeoff process.
Great video - can’t wait to try!
That's cool! what's the RPM of the propeller?
One more question guys
Did you use full throttle to get up and was the paddling really necessary or could you have gotten up even without the paddling !
Hello Ben and Paul
I used my Foil drive for the first time today and used it like an efoil without the paddle and was able to get up on foil initially when the battery was at close to 100% but when the battery got down to about 50-60% I noticed some power drop and was unable to get up on foil even at 100% power. Should one expect this power drop ?
Hey mate,
On the Assist this is totally normal. It is caused by the dropping voltage of the battery during useage. As the volts get lower the system cannot produce the same thrust. The Assist was never designed or intented to be used as an efoil as the only mode of propulsion to maintain flight. It was designed to be an assistance motor to enable an easy start for for wave, wind or pump flight so that sag is not as noticable when being used as intended.
One of the improvements we made with the Assist PLUS with its new electronics stack and higher voltage battery was to program out this "sag" by limiting the thrust output at the start of the battery to a level that was achieveable at the end of the pack also. This gives the effect that the system produces the same thrust throughout the battery life.
@@foildrive Thanks a lot for the explanation - got it 🙏
how do you guys control the throttle % when riding? I found it easy to switch between 0 (obviously) and max% but maintaining stable intermediate %% is more difficult.
It can take a little bit of time to get use to the triggers and how much you need to press them to maintain a stable throttle percentage. if you're finding it's not comfortable for you, try flipping the controller mount upside down and using the controller with your opposite hand.
You can see this explained in more detail here: ruclips.net/video/VJZR45-BQtI/видео.html
What height did you set the motor ?
We find 20-25cm from the board works best if you want to use the motor just for getting up to speed and poping up. That then leaves most of the mast drag free for foiling!
@@foildrive My board is also quatro wing drifter 6'0 , but the mast is shorter and it's 75cm.
I would like to order a foil drive. I am wondering about the cable length. Which length would be better?
@@ddddddddooo123 Shoot us a email to support@foildrive.com and i can flick you a guide to measuring the cable length. Otherwise i think 85cm from memory suits the 6' quatro board.
@@foildrive I already wrote 85cm and ordered it yesterday. Thanks.
It's winter here, is there any problem with it working?