He has understood that:
1- it’s free advertising for the brand in diY forums and in the places where the activity is practiced
2- the customer is paying to do that.
He showed me the design/renderings this spring and I was kinda upset that he had 1cm longer/1cm more narrow hole, so it does not fit old gen boxes that i’ve invested a shitload of time into.
Anyways the message then was that he would only sell complete efoils first and we DIY people had to wait until autumn. Well actually looking out of window in Sweden, autumn is probably here, so perhaps he was correct. Hope you like it! I ride my 190L more than the 140L, mostly for conveniency since it rides better at 5km/h in and out of harbours. Also the 190L takes lift with 2/3 of the current, but I’m a fat dude…
You inspired me with your posts and I ordered a Phoenix too.
Based on my request Pascal added the exact measurements of the box opening to the boards.
You find it under attachments for each board.
Thx so much, the connectors should arrived tomorrow…
Great inflatable board you have! Each time I think I have found the best option for my board you come up with a better one…it looks like a never ending story.
Have you enough room for both the battery case and the ESc case in your inflatable ?
Were you able to make any more progress with your inflatable build?
I was curious to see if the battery I’m currently building, 14s10P 21700, would fit and it looks like it will with some room to spare
I’ll 3D print the red ring and then cover it in carbon/glass and use top and bottom gaskets and a carbon plate for the top and an anodized aluminum plate for the bottom as a heat sink for the controller and mast mount. I’m sure details will change but that’s a preliminary plan. I’m sure I’ll think about a hatch too at some point but screws aren’t bad.
Thanks for the info Mike, very nice build too, I’m planning on waiting to build anything for this until I actually have an inflatable here. It’s been a lot harder to source one that I’d want , no one seems to want to sell them or they are terminally out of stock. I may have found one so hopefully I can start on this once my other board build is underway.
@SoEFoil It is a new one , the same Whimsifoil 140L that @Alexandre posted above. It just arrived yesterday. I never really liked the Alibaba boards shape or layout and didn’t want to order 10 or them to get a custom layout one from them, after my wife said they kind of looked like a toilet seat that killed it for me too.
Hi Willy, it’s a bit late since it arrived yesterday but in fact many forum members have bought a 160usd “sample” from the manufacturer I mentionned above. So satisfactory that this European efoil shop has been selling the above model since 2021 … but the selling price is not the same…
Thanks @SoEFoil , Wife has no interest in trying one out so if she thinks the more expensive one looks nicer , who am I to complain or question her? I really started out wanting to get one of the MALA boards but I could not source one and the ones I could find were not for sale. I believe that I found the factory that made them but I’ve had issues with ordering custom things from eastern Europe in the past so if the Whimsifoil didn’t work out I was going to have one custom made in Florida but I never got a final price for it but it wouldn’t have been cheap.
I really started out wanting to get one of the MALA boards but I could not source one and the ones I could find were not for sale. I believe that I found the factory that made them but I’ve had issues with ordering custom things from eastern Europe in the past so if the Whimsifoil didn’t work out I was going to have one custom made in Florida but I never got a final price for it but it wouldn’t have been cheap.