# \[Fred\] Another build from France
**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021 "2018-01-12T16:22:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/23 "2018-06-05T19:04:52Z")
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/24 "2018-06-05T19:22:11Z")
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/25 "2018-08-20T13:20:17Z")
Finally it works like a charm !!
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QbrwDqGVLk&t=15s)
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### Author:  [@philgib](https://foil.zone/u/philgib)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/26 "2018-08-30T20:43:15Z")
Well done Fred ! Excellent ! Do you ever get tired ? š¶
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/27 "2018-08-31T07:30:09Z")
Thanks phil! ahahahaha never!! life is too short & i have so many things to doā¦š
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/28 "2018-09-07T13:52:28Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-7AWJKF98)
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/29 "2018-09-12T12:02:34Z")
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/30 "2019-07-23T07:19:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Shaun](https://foil.zone/u/Shaun)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/31 "2019-07-23T08:32:46Z")
Awesome. What board is that??
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### Author:  [@SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/u/SoEFoil)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/32 "2019-07-23T10:51:27Z")
Very nice Fred. Could you give us details and pictures about your new board (dimensions, inside the hatch, ā¦) cooling system, remote, ā¦
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/33 "2019-07-23T13:09:41Z")
Thanks Shaun, it is my shape, i do it myself (fiber glass/carbon).
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/34 "2019-07-23T13:14:02Z")
Thanks SoEFoil!
I would like to share more informations about my stuff, but i am trying to commercialize it.
So for now it is difficult to give more details, when product will be released it will be easier to share.
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### Author:  [@Shaun](https://foil.zone/u/Shaun)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/35 "2019-07-23T13:14:06Z")
Hi Frederic, I would like to know more as Iām about to do my own. Any advice would be welcome.
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/36 "2019-07-23T16:12:02Z")
Hi Shaun, Well, i do not know what kind of advice i can give youā¦
When i started i tried to reuse an existing board (monaro, airush) and even if result was flying, it was not perfect (center of gravity, hatch, etcā¦) . So i decided to build my own board (a real efoil board).
One important point for me, was to design my board with my ideas, my choices, my parametersā¦i wanted to build a board that looks like me.
i did lot of triesā¦i recommend you to take your time when you shape it, because all the choices you will make, will count at the end. For example the gravity center, is important, depending on the battery you want to have on board. Do your calculation twice, so you can save time & money ;=). An other important point is how you connect your mast to your board. You can use classic connection like us box, or you can develop your own stuff, with your own characteristics.
Of course, developing your own style is more āriskyāā¦but (for me) it is much more interesting at the end. Good luck!
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### Author:  [@Shaun](https://foil.zone/u/Shaun)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/37 "2019-07-23T16:40:08Z")
Hi Frederic,
This is the information I was after, so thank you.
Just some other questions if thatās OK!? What core material did you use? Did you CNC cut it or did you do it a different way? What materials did you coat the core with?
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/38 "2019-07-24T10:19:36Z")
contruction is like a surfboard (core foam + fiber glass/carbon). I have designed my shape with solidworks. For cutting i used global cut with hot wire + hand finition to get the good shape. Then coating with fiber glass and carbon (to reinforce some parts).
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### Author:  [@Shaun](https://foil.zone/u/Shaun)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/39 "2019-07-24T11:47:10Z")
Thank you. Whatās the benefit of both fibreglass and carbonfibre? I have no experience with building a board.
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/40 "2019-07-29T09:30:00Z")
fiberglass is cheap, perfect for some parts of the board, carbon is expensive but flexible & very strong. You can make it full carbon if you prefer, but it will be more expensive, and not necessary much more betterā¦only fiberglass can be risky, (connection between mast & board has to be very strong)
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### Author:  [@frederic\_courteille](https://foil.zone/u/frederic_courteille)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/41 "2020-04-18T15:08:42Z")
New board
   
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### Author:  [@SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/u/SoEFoil)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/fred-another-build-from-france/1021/42 "2020-04-19T00:07:44Z")
An idea of the board volume and its weight (empty) ? How did you organize the space inside the board ?
Why three screw holes above the mast ? A kill switch ?
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