That “false eject” is a serious problem. It plagued me on my North bar for way too long.

Great job! But I do not think mast-fuse connection with three M6 bolts is strong enough. I would put additional connectors, that have upper end of trapezoidal shape, 30mm length, inserted into mast channels. And bottom end is round pin, 10mm diameter and 20mm length, inserted into 10mm holes in fuselage. These parts can be designed in TinkerCad and 3d printed from aluminum. Or, two 50mm x 10mm round aluminum pins can be glued into mast channels with epoxy-glass compound (2-3 mm fiberglass chop). That is even better - you do not need to drill 10mm holes in fuselage very precisely. Just drill two 20mm deep holes, cover fuse with PVA release, insert pins. Put "corks" into mast channels to 35mm depth, put some epoxy-glass compound into the channels. Put fuse on top, deeping pins into the channels. Screw fuse with bolts. Done.

+ my like! some notes: The diameter of the holes is sufficient for the bolt heads but not for the top part of the fuselage that connects to the main wing. The fuselage will press its edges against the wing. Even with four layers of fiberglass and one layer of carbon, it cannot hold the load. The leverage at that point is approximately 30 times (40/1.27). If you suddenly press the tip of the wing against the ground with your weight (80 kg), it will create a force of 2400 kg distributed over an area of 20x0.2 cm where the fuselage edge touches the wing surface. I don’t think the laminate can hold it. The wood under the laminate will eventually be compressed and deformed. For my wing, I removed all the wood under the fuselage and tapered the walls, shaping the orifice like \__/ (wing bottom up). Then, I filled that cavity with cut fiberglass compound. This created a firm and reliable platform for the fuselage connection.

What I did for better adhesion, was I heated wings to 120-130 C, so some water evaporated and air exhausted from wood. Then when it was ~80 C I applied resin, that quickly absorbed into the wood. I applied more and put carbon cloth lamination. Main point - you should not wait until base layer of resin got completely cured before applying next layer. If it is not cured - the bond will be strong chemical bond, if cured, the bond will be weaker adhesion bond. So, my way it created strong chemical bond from resin-soaked wood to top layers of lamination.

Great job! Cedar is good, easy to work with, light and "waterproof". It is naturally rot protected. Which is good, but this "oiliness" can cause poor resin adhesion and delamination. I prefer to work with a plywood. It is better to be a marine PW. But thin-ply "Russian birch" works very well. Plies help to see if shapes of each side are identical (or close enough). Also birch plywood is stronger and less tend to warping.

Question: it is said that the max thickness is 14mm. Flat wood from the diy store has a thickness of 15mm. Does it also work, because it is hard to get 1mm away?

Hey mate just wondering if any brand kite can attach to a different brand control bar? Or does it all have to be the same kite brand with the same brand control bar?

What software do you use to make the foil designs?

Wau thanx buy you are real deal🫡

Bom dia , esse projeto só serve para kitesurf , ou serve pra surf livre sem o paraquedas?

Shot bru

Very good video , thanks

Thanks….great tips….

Where is your homebase out of I would love to go touch your school I’ve literally watched every video you have made I love your videos your the best man god bless you brother

Mate.. thanks heaps. You would never get tired of that beach ... What a spot.

Luke is a blessing to kitesurfing community. Respect, man.

Here in Maui the wind shifts directionally quite a bit - I find myself getting pulled down wind/off the wind when I start to carve upwind to initiate this - any advice there?? Thanks for this great video!

Used this method today in light winds (10-12 kts) - worked perfectly. Thank you for the video and caveats - I’ll take those on board for sure. Could one use this method in reverse to self-launch in relatively light winds? I’m thinking unhooked and walking the lines in advance of course

Has anyone already created an STL 3d model of these wings I can use?

Great video !! Good step by step

where are you ? no news for one years 😢

Thx a lot for sharing your know ledge. It Is possibile ti scale this plans for a foil right for low Wind/Wing foil? Only scaling aspect ratio and surface, whithout thickness? Or scaling all 3 demension? Thx a lot!

A very nice Video. I would like to build a foil like this. Unfortunately the website with the plans is down. Can I still get them somewhere?

so we are having a race for fastest....... should i have a bigger or smallest board

Hey Flukes, thanks for the video, it was super informative! Thank you so much! I see your website account expired. So the files are no longer available but I think I can get them from your detailed video.

Hi thanks for the video. Which is better for upwind riding compare with twintips?

❤❤❤great!!!

I used this method again today in really light conditions, the kite would get up on its tip but then fall back on its back edge again and sink. After a few tries I was able to figure out how to prevent that. When the kite gets up on its tip, do not let go of the front line until the kite leaves the water.

Vielen Dank 🙏

Insta 360 the goat

Coowull

casually poking a komodo dragon in a tree with a selfie stick hahaha

is the foil also good for pumping?

very good and inspiring video tutorial, thank you for the design drawings sent to me for free❤🙏👍👍

thanks bro, u made it look very exciting and easy

Thanx for this

Thank you!

Well explaind, i m doing my first lesson soon but also picked up kite surfing gear for a bagain so worth the watch cant, wait o have a crack at it cheers .

Amazing video ! Just a question, what’s the name of this stunning beach ?

lovely explanation,just great,exactly what i wanted to know

Thanks!

What is that spot?

Very nice! I bought one of these 360 cams, and I'm making myself a tripod-style harness mount.

19:15 - 20:00 was useful. thanks.

A great video series. Can you give a rough cost estimation for the materials?

Excellent video, explanation, and demonstration of kite sel-lunching; thank you.

До чего ж нужное видео.

Thank you so much 🙏

Great vid ❤