# Foil Assist Build

**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/foil-assist-build/22153
**Category:** Build, Repair & Mod
**Created:** [October 26, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foil-assist-build/22153 "2024-10-26T05:01:14Z")
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### Author: ![bigginsking](https://foil.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bigginsking](https://foil.zone/u/bigginsking)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foil-assist-build/22153/8 "2024-11-18T05:27:38Z")

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I am able to control the ESC when the box is submerged, but the tip has to be out of the water or I have to hold the remote directly on the external antenna. As soon as I start moving its no issue, the board is quickly out of the water.

I don’t mind the battery box being on the back the way it is. For the board I ended up with its probably the best I can do. The back of the board is completely submerged when I take off, but with the antenna hack(thanks to [lishine](https://foil.zone/u/lishine)) I’m able to get going with out having to wiggle around to get a signal, the signal good when the tip of the board is out of the water. I’m only using two batteries, so the weight on the tail is minimal. I’ve had about 5 session now and it works well, I get 30-45 minutes of playing around before its dead.

The GY-1310 is very hard to control though, I’ve been looking at the ART foil offerings on alibaba and thinking I might get something different. I’m not sure if the difficultly in riding is something I can overcome with some time or if it’s just a really hard to ride foil. It does seem like the GY-1310 is too much area for prone foiling, and that’s my goal so I’ll probably need to get something different.

I also picked up one of the 70 amp ESCs, I haven’t installed it yet, but the dimensions are identical to the 50 amp one I have so it will be a drop in if I need more power with a different foil.

here is another picture:

 ![image](https://foil.zone/uploads/default/original/3X/f/f/ff7fce381eda96a6de888e6920e530e78ab61c2e.jpeg)

To hold it down I initially had just one strap across the box. I thermoformed lexan into loops and glued them down with gflex, and they came off after a couple of big wipe outs, so I added another strap the holds the front down, and it’s stayed put after that.

I’m not a virtuoso but I can ride a foil behind a kite pretty well. Any recommendations of an Alibaba foil that’s easier to ride?

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