# FOILDRIVE Gen2 review
**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537
**Category:** Products
**Created:** [November 4, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537 "2023-11-04T08:13:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@rttn](https://foil.zone/u/rttn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/21 "2023-11-05T13:15:51Z")
Mike could provide invaluable assistance to the community by telling how the antenna works.
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### Author:  [@rttn](https://foil.zone/u/rttn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/22 "2023-11-05T13:19:47Z")
Inserting pieces of foam into the rails isn’t exactly what you’d expect from a six-thousand-dollar product.
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### Author:  [@jetsurfingnation](https://foil.zone/u/jetsurfingnation)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/23 "2023-11-05T13:35:58Z")
> Mike could provide invaluable assistance to the community by telling how the antenna works. Inserting pieces of foam into the rails isn’t exactly what you’d expect from a six-thousand-dollar product.
I don’t know exactly how antennas work, as I am not part of their tech team. I’m just an independent rider. However, not having annoying cables and not needing to stick an antenna on top (as required by other systems I’ve tried, like the Lacroix Vortex) is a significant advantage of this system.
As for the foam installation, it’s a one-time operation that literally takes only 2 minutes. I don’t see why this would be a drawback, especially when it helps improve the signal for a carbon board, and you only need to do it once during the initial setup.
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### Author:  [@Jezza](https://foil.zone/u/Jezza)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/24 "2023-11-05T13:49:22Z")
I suspect they just use a stronger signal. Water disperses 2.4ghz, so foam will lessen this dispersion.
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### Author:  [@rttn](https://foil.zone/u/rttn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/25 "2023-11-05T14:08:44Z")
I can use my carbon board without foildrive. And sometimes I need to move the mast back and forth. In this case, picking out and reinstalling pieces of foam becomes an extremely annoying task.
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### Author:  [@rttn](https://foil.zone/u/rttn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/26 "2023-11-05T14:12:33Z")
Quite possibly. (Post must be… must be…)
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### Author:  [@rttn](https://foil.zone/u/rttn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/27 "2023-11-05T14:37:16Z")
To be completely honest, let’s admit that the first version of the foil drive looked like an Alibaba joke, dreamed up by enthusiasts with no engineering skills.
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### Author:  [@Strongarm](https://foil.zone/u/Strongarm)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/28 "2023-11-05T22:11:18Z")
Nothing on the maytech pages mentions the frequency for the V2 remote. I’m assuming they use the same or similar rf chip to the Bremote LR version.
The battery life is a lot worse on V2 compared to V1, so assume the transmit power has been increased a lot. I wonder if it’s still within legal limits/ certified
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### Author:  [@rttn](https://foil.zone/u/rttn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/29 "2023-11-05T22:44:18Z")
By the way, ceramic bearings are visible in the video. When I spoke with Saite about ordering the motors, they did not recommend installing ceramic bearings for the 12s battery.
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### Author:  [@lishine](https://foil.zone/u/lishine)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/30 "2023-11-06T07:23:19Z")
They used Maytech V2 on the foil-drive box-on-top version as well. And when the board sinked, people had to put the remote closer to the box. So it is probably not the LR version.
It works in gen2 probably because signal passes in the board better than in the water. Signal passes from the enclosure into the board, then goes to the not sinked front of the board and then to air.
I bet that if the whole board sinked, there won’t be any reception.
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### Author:  [@Jezza](https://foil.zone/u/Jezza)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/31 "2023-11-06T08:12:22Z")
> [@Strongarm](#):
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> I wonder if it’s still within legal limits/ certified
I was thinking very possibly not…
They may have shifted to 433Mhz or something like that. I’m not sure what bremote LR uses
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### Author:  [@lishine](https://foil.zone/u/lishine)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/32 "2023-11-08T19:42:39Z")
That battery grease.
Is it applied on the battery connector?
How often?
Why?
What it consists of?
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### Author:  [@Foilguy](https://foil.zone/u/Foilguy)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/33 "2023-11-08T20:40:47Z")
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### Author:  [@okp](https://foil.zone/u/okp)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/34 "2023-11-08T20:42:19Z")
it’s dialectic grease.
> **[What The Heck is Dielectric Grease?](https://www.thedrive.com/maintenance-repair/39173/dielectric-grease)**
>
> Learn more on what dielectric grease is. Our team of experts have prepared a detailed guide on everything you need to know about electric grease.
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### Author:  [@lishine](https://foil.zone/u/lishine)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/35 "2023-11-08T21:03:51Z")
Thanks.
So it is non conducting, but displaced upon connection. It is used to protect contacts from the environment.
And they recommend it despite the water access to contacts is blocked…
Probably spraying CorrosionX will also do.
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### Author:  [@okp](https://foil.zone/u/okp)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/36 "2023-11-08T21:25:11Z")
it’s not blocked. it’s mitigated but the risk remains.
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### Author:  [@yargaroo](https://foil.zone/u/yargaroo)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/foildrive-gen2-review/19537/37 "2023-11-08T21:44:15Z")
Thats exactly how it works. Same way it works on all the foam boards of waydoo and sifly as they all have the receiver under water…😉 Thats why FD enshures with those foam insert that no water is getting on top of the receiver;-)
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