Glissevolution: Measurement for a Foil Drive Pod

Why Customize Your Foil Drive Pod?

Dive into the world of foil with GlissEvolution! This detailed article guides you through the essential steps to measure your foil mast. This ensures perfect compatibility with your Foil Drive pod. Whether you're passionate about Kite, wingfoil, or Surf, discover how to adapt your equipment to your specific needs with the help of our Foil Drive expert Oscar. Join us for a custom foil adventure!

Duotone, Fanatic, F-One, Eleveight, Cloud IX, Safoil, Moses, Ozone, HB, AK: Foil Drive already offers over 100 pods for your wing or Surf foil masts. But what if you have a model Foil Drive doesn't offer? No worries, this article is here to help.

First, contact the GlissEvolution store. The list of Foil Drive pods updates regularly, and your pod might not be online yet. If the pod doesn't exist yet, no worries. We'll update it with your help.

Ask for Oscar. He specializes in Foil Drive Assist orders. He's the expert who can advise you and answer all your questions.

Introduction to Customizing Your Foil Drive Pod

We'll need your help to create an accurate profile for your Foil Drive pod.

What You'll Need

1. Your foil mast

2. A sheet of paper

3. Your phone or camera

4. An extremely sharp pencil. We recommend a graphite pencil.

Please copy and paste the information below into your email with the answers when you provide your tracing:

Mast name:

1. Link to the foil mast (this helps us name the pod correctly)
2. Date of initial request
3. Your contact person at the GlissEvolution store (please provide their name)
4. Foil mast chord
5. Foil mast thickness

Before You Start:

Watch this video where Paul explains how to trace a foil mast profile to create a Foil Drive pod.

1. The tracing must be as clear and precise as possible. The print file is accurate to 0.05 mm.
2. The fit of the Foil Drive pod relies heavily on the original tracing file. If it's not as tight as possible, we may need to redo the process.
3. If your profile isn't perfect when it comes back to us, we might ask you to re-trace it.
4. You can make several attempts and send them all to us. We will choose the best one. We need a perfect trace. We cannot combine multiple tracings.

Tools Needed for an Accurate Measurement of a Wing or Surf Foil Mast

1. Place your foil mast on a flat surface. Measure 25 cm (9.84252 inches) from the base plate. This is where all our pods are designed to fit. This is very important if your mast is tapered.

2. Take your profile tracing tool. Press it onto a flat surface so that the pins are all level and evenly spaced on both sides.

3. Keep the tool level. Slowly press it onto your mast and stop as close as possible to the mast's centerline. It's easier to monitor one side at a time, as Paul's video demonstrates.

The second image below shows you how to pull a pin down. This marks the exact centerline of the mast. Without this, we can't tell where your tracing starts and ends.

4. Once you're happy with the trace, pull down all the extra pins. This helps us define where your trace begins and ends. It's super important to get this right, check out image 4!

5. Measure the chord and length of your trace. Include at least one decimal point, then write these measurements next to your drawing.

6. Place the tracing tool on a white sheet of paper on the ground. Stand directly above it. Your camera or phone needs to be directly over the tracing tool and more than 1.5 m (4.9 feet) above it. Use as much zoom as possible to capture the highest resolution image.

7. Make sure you have adequate lighting. Take the photo, then send it as a high-quality image in response to the existing email thread at oscar.glissevolution@gmail.com. Be sure to include answers to the points listed at the beginning of this blog.

At GlissEvolution, we're passionate about kitesurf, wingfoil, and Surf. Our mission is to provide you with the best advice, equipment, and services for an exceptional riding experience.

Visit our Glissevolution website to explore our product range and learn more about our expertise.