I just came across this. Interesting that it’s using a jet!
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My experience is that with a jet you are more stable when going fast. Hard to describe but I got that feeling when testing an Aerofoils etron jet. I maxed it out at 46 km/h and it was relatively easy to keep the hight.
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46km/h is fast! Not a speed I would want to fall off at😳
My comment on the jet for racing is based on my perception that a prop driven rig would accelerate faster - an advantage in a race imo
Mercury racing knows what they are doing though so maybe a jet is an overall better solution in the evolving world of EFoil racing.
They just needed to charge more money for the same thing with a different paint job…
That’s their normal Jet2. Maybe they went to 16S just to give it a little extra…
16S seems unlikely as that would not be allowed legal wise from my understading, 14S is the maximum. The impeller does look different, more ducted prop wise.
Where did you read that?
his is the Jet2. If you watch the video carefully its the same.
You don’t think they would really do that do you?
I heard that it was going to be 1/2 the price of the Flite Air and the first 100 customers get it free!!!
New Fliteboard owners Facebook group post.
Apparently a new impeller in the Jet 2.
Guy claims he hit 56.7kmh
Thats definitely fast. Seems like a very tiny wing though! Hasn’t Lift already hit those speeds before? Going 50KMh is fast, real fast, but how long will it be able to go that, and will it also be able to do that with a little larger wings?
I don’t have the answers to your questions but I’m thinking that using a larger wing wouldn’t work as well the faster you go. Too much lift…
Just for reference a PWC went 143mph - 230kmh!
https://fb.watch/DhChGZAYC9/?fs=e
Human need for speed is crazy - NOT for me 
Makes as much sense to as this does - but some people just have to 
I can see that small wings are required because the lift is proportional to speed squared.