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NP Small wing

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Created by Seajuice > 9 months ago, 23 Apr 2022
Seajuice
NSW, 907 posts
23 Apr 2022 2:05PM
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Yay! Just received my NP small wing from Surffx. Great service.
But then broke my mast plate. So got a new one from SHQ boardsports. Great service too.
So now I have the full set of wings.
Wanting to try out the small in bigger punchy surf on my SUP foilboard.
No issues with lift & speed on the Medium wing.
Looking forward to trying the Small out.

Piros
QLD, 6879 posts
23 Apr 2022 5:34PM
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I have a Slim Medium on a carbon mast , and custom Ali fuse that takes an Axis rear wings . Bargain $890. In the buy & sell section . That will complete your set. Slim medium is an amazing wing & the Axis rears are so much faster then the Stock NP's .

Seajuice
NSW, 907 posts
23 Apr 2022 11:05PM
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Piros said..
I have a Slim Medium on a carbon mast , and custom Ali fuse that takes an Axis rear wings . Bargain $890. In the buy & sell section . That will complete your set. Slim medium is an amazing wing & the Axis rears are so much faster then the Stock NP's .


Thanks Piros. That's a good buy for a Carbon mast as well.
Unfortunately not much money at the moment, no thanks to shark bite & crap work place.
But will keep it in mind. Thanks.

Seajuice
NSW, 907 posts
24 Apr 2022 5:21PM
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Just tried out my NP small wing in shoulder to head high punchy waves. That is the punchy waves being high volume very fat swell.
I mounted the foil more forward to help with lift.
Whoa! It lifted my heavy foil SUP easily. The SUP is 7ft x 31wide x 115 litres.
I even needed to put more weight forward when up & going.
Obviously couldn't pump it much & left right stability was a bit less. But no problem. Turning was easy.
I even breached a few times. Which showed lift was no problem at all. But yes as I travelled further away from the wave face or further away from the shoulder to flat water it would soon slow down & lose glide.
But when up & going I had no problem pumping a bit at speed to get to other bumps or swell in front of me.
So it was better than I expected on lift. Just took some weight off front foot & up it went!
Next session I will need to put the foil further back in the tracks. It seems that it may be about 10mm in front of the Medium wing position which is about 10mm in front of the Large wing.
Looking forward to using the Small along a walling wave or playing around near the wave shoulder. Obviously in bigger swell too.



FoilColorado
132 posts
25 Apr 2022 3:34AM
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Juice - I also have a full set of NP fronts - The thick rear stabs they came with very much limit the glide of these wings. I would highly recommend ordering the new stab or chopshop another brand of thinner stab, it really makes the blue front wings come alive!

Seajuice
NSW, 907 posts
26 Apr 2022 5:18PM
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FoilColorado said..
Juice - I also have a full set of NP fronts - The thick rear stabs they came with very much limit the glide of these wings. I would highly recommend ordering the new stab or chopshop another brand of thinner stab, it really makes the blue front wings come alive!




Thanks mate. I was already starting to think about that.
Even thinking of somehow making a flexible stab. One that works a bit like a flipper. I was looking at a window squeegee. You know, those window wipers with that stiff rubber end.
Should also be easy enough to make a stab out of epoxy. I have made a couple of mast wedges out of epoxy & matting. So would be nearly the same.
Maybe I am ahead of my time or just plain stupid!
But anyway looks like the HA designs are perfecting the performance.



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