Manta Foils unveils TakeOff Evo, airline-friendly foil-assist system
TakeOff Evo pairs 4.5 kg portability with 97 Wh battery packs, aiming to let foilers fly with multiple airline-friendly sets instead of one compromise battery.
Manta Foils rolled out the TakeOff Evo with a lightest configuration of 4.5 kilograms, a 13-centimeter-wide body and a fully enclosed 3,500-watt hybrid motor rated at 35 kilograms of thrust. The system delivers 50% more power than its previous generation, while the sealed motor design removes exposed bearings and rotors and cuts post-session cleaning to a quick freshwater rinse.
Manta built the battery side around 97 Wh sub-packs that are paired into 194 Wh units, a format that stays under common airline limits and avoids the usual pre-approval hassle. Riders can carry up to four full battery sets per passenger, turning a trip into multiple 30-minute ride windows. An Endurance battery at 518 Wh stretches ride time as high as 70 minutes, and overall sessions can reach 70 to 90 minutes depending on battery choice and conditions.
The TakeOff Evo mounts to any standard foil board and is designed for prone foil, downwind, wing and eFoil use. The package also includes rider profiles from beginner to advanced, a 10-level power limiter, live battery tracking, session logging and an instant lock function on the GPS remote.
Even with 97 Wh modules, riders still have to manage multiple batteries, charge them, pack them and keep track of which pair becomes each 194 Wh unit. That is a cleaner solution than hauling a single oversized pack, but it is still more logistics than a non-powered board. Foil Drive also sells travel batteries, and its MAX Travel Battery breaks into 129.6 Wh, 129.6 Wh and 97.2 Wh sections, while its Slim Travel Battery splits into 81 Wh and 97.2 Wh modules. Foil Drive's travel batteries are for assist mode only, not constant-power e-foiling.
Accessories include aluminum or full UHM carbon masts made with AFS, a carbon Trench board from Appletree Manufacturing and a Manta Backpack that shifts the power unit off the board. Manta’s events page lists demo days in Tarifa, Spain, for July 17-18, 2026.
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