Finally, the ice is gone and KT foils are flooding Europe. Had a long day trying foils: Atlas 790, Nomad 830, Nomad 700, Atlas 570. With a Dragonfly 95, and only the Atlas 570 I tried with a Super K 60. Used a shorter 56 cm fuse with all setups, and tried heaps of different shim settings with most of the front wings. The jury is still out if adding negative -0.5 or sometimes -1.0 feels better than the suggested way of calculating a shim. For Atlas 790 and for low wind I kind of found a much less draggy setting with extra -1.0. Well, let's see.
My initial impressions - all foils were super intuitive and really stable and predictable at higher speeds. Low wind feeling and getting going is quite a bit different compared to the foils I am used to. The feeling of drag in low wind is annoying, but at the same time it's totally understandable. - the KT fuselage is much chunkier (and of course stronger) than the Piuma fuselages I have been using, and also the KT mast is 3 mm thicker and with wider chord, which adds to that feeling.
Nothing much to see in the clip. 790 in the beginning, 830 at 01:05, 700 at 02:34, and 570 at 06:30. The other guy with a yellow dragonfly somewhere in the clip was with Atlas 960.
In my wish list now: a smaller Nomad front wing, and a smaller Nomad stab. 700 and 155 combo feels quite a bit more powerful than the 631 and 155 cm2 front and tail wing that I am used to, and Atlas 570 has a bit of a locked-in feeling with the 155 tail. Maybe it can be loosened up somehow. A thinner mast at some point would be super cool, and while at that, I would love a more streamlined fuselage for the lighter riders, for smaller front wings only. And of course, can't wait to try these in the waves now. Come to our lake to try!
Is there already a post on here about this? Wondering if any have feedback on the NEW KT foil range touted at AWSI 24 as having built in low end (kind of 'stall flaps') and as such better range. Sounds like a dream that could be coming true.
