Hi
After 2 years foiling with first 1700 and than 1300 foil I bought my first race foil.
I find a IQ foil set:
Wings:
1000 millennium/900/725/ and back 255-2
Fuse: 115+/105+/95+.
I was out yesterday with 900 and then 725 with 6.9 Sails.
I will use most of the time 6.9 or 7.8 sail, with my 85cm board and my weigh is around 96kg.
I know that 115 use more for uppwind/down wind course. When is better to use 95+?
I was used to have mast fot back before but now I need to try different position because this have more acceleration and lift. First time in a high aspect wings was amazing. This is my kit:
I saved a pic of an older post on here, wish I had a link, he explained it well. The 105+ is good for a lot. Not sure when you'd use the 95+ instead.
I've used the 115+ with down to 650 front in lighter stuff. Just can't push as hard on the angles. Prefer 105+ if going to be more reachy.
don't use 95 fuse if you want to be quick even in slalom in 25 knots iq people never use it and they are on 9m. if you are on 6.9 in those conditions it should be perfect. however unlike Iq you also have a smaller front wing so use it to go fast. Of course use the 900 if you want to go upwind downwind. from someone who has done iq youth at international level it pays to never use the small fuse, in-fact i don't know anyone who even bought it. have fun :)
Actually, I've found the 95+ to be quite a good option when the winds up and I want to foil. It's very back footed (board geometry and shim angle dependant) until your really up at speed, which gives the confidence to push a bit harder. A lot of sailors prefer a bit more lift and earlier stability than that though, so go for the 105 for windier conditions. I'd say you probably won't find you need both of them though.
Try them all before you might decide to dispatch one of the two smaller ones.
I have the fuse 95+ and 105+, I prefer by far the 105+ ... more stable for freeride / freerace.
To me, the 95+ is good with the 330 stab (-1 shim for low wind, -1.5 shim for high wind)
And the 105+ is best with the standard 255 stab ( -0.5 shim for low wind, -1 for high wind)
