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Thanks to Marek's suggestion, I have successfully built and tested "Franken-Foil".
Sailed it in 8-10kts, wavy, 8.0 Ezzy Cross. Much better lift, slower speed but pretty good (16kts on apple watch). It felt almost no different although the lift is slightly further back.
I'm running 900 up front with a 800 in the back.
Local machine shop cnc'd the fuse for me and I chopped the back part of the 800 wing to maintain a gap to the foil mast.
I have to tune my mast rake a bit more forward. I was at -1.5 degrees and now with a shim I'm at -3.5 degrees which is too much.
Lots of fun experimenting - thanks Marek!

Looking into this further.
I have a 900 & 800 front wings.

1. Marek - can you compare the takeoff speed of your dragonfly vs slingshot i99 (I used to have a i99 so I can relate to that takeoff speed)?
I understand that the dragonfly will be faster but I am wondering about takeoff speed. From your graph it looks like the i99 takeoff is a touch earlier?

2. I have the + 115 fuse. Should I still use 71mm space or could I reduce the gap? (photo below with 71 mm space)

3. How does it turn? Does it move the centre of lift back somewhat? Any weird control issues?

4. I would probably 3d print a spacer to put back in if I wanted to run it as a single foil.

Thanks!
Joe

Casey at Reef Warriors is making some great foil boards.

Mine is ~4 yrs old with ~150 sessions and is like new.

Joe