Slingshot Hover Glide FWing V1 Foil Review

Slingshot Hover Glide FWing V1 Foil Review

Product Info:

As the sports of wing-foiling advances, we see wind minimums dropping and it's getting easier to connect swells while luffing the wing. The FWing V1 package is designed to help you progress quickly. Equipped with the massive Infinity 99 wing, boasting 2,371 square centimeters of surface area, it has the lowest takeoff and stall speed in the Slingshot range. The 99cm wingspan provides unmatched rail-to-rail stability and makes getting up on foil easier than ever.

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[waltershowalter]

This is practically the same setup learned on with iFly and 71 cm mast with 99 and then graduating to the 84. Used a smaller 5.4 meter wing and then also attached a FoilDrive Assist + to the mast to practice anything from e-foil to assist.

[erbartlett]

What size ifly would you pair with this wing for someone who is 220lbs? Do I need the large stabilizer wing or will the 42 work?

[joekrause]

How does Infinity 99 compare to Armstrong 2400 and 2050? Heavier, slower top speed, less expensive, but is take-off speed the same? Maneuverability?

[achimschmidt]

Hi,
thanks for the video.
Questions. I weight about 88kg (170lb) and have the 99cm foil, 140 lier board, wings from 5 to 8 squaremeters. I struggle hard to get into foiling. The foil feels like a heavy anker and reduces speed of driving that I almost never get into foiling even when there are 15knots. And if I start flying, it is not a smooth gradient for rising like promised. It comes up, reaches the water surface and I crash. I tried all positions of the mast at the board. Nothing helps. I tried a different board with e.g. an 1500cm front wing and even with my weight I went straight to flying and it felt like a smooth controllable raising.
Where is the mistake? What do I do wrong? I assume a general messed up set up.
Any advices?
Thanks

[raghuram]

Thank you for the reviews. How is this Infinity 99 Wing different from PFI 928 wing? Curious why one should go with these Infinity wings instead of the Phantasm ones if both are Carbon. (I know there are options for Carbon Mast in Phantasm). But if I got the Aluminum mast and the Lower Package of Phantasm PFI 928, isn't it same price and better (newer) design than the Infinity?