It’s similar right now because I’ve been switching to smaller wings when it gets windier; I can definitely point the 3m a LOT higher in the strong wind, but I’ve only been able to catch short evening Executive Sessions and the wind keeps dying so I haven’t been able to properly push it (3m in 6 - 20knot session, 1.9m in the 10 - 25 knot sessions). I’ve seen some more overpowered folks on the pocket rockets getting better angle upwind, though, so I’m definitely hoping to improve that VMG.
@wrench - Is this still active? Was curious to see my power pack angles! 
Foil Lab - Wingfoil Track Analysis some updates 
Sharing my first session on the 3.6M Ozone Power Pack. It ‘feels’ like it doesn’t go as well upwind, but looking at the tracks I am pleasantly surprised at the reasonable angle. 18 kt average.
For comparison, the next day I flew a 3.0M Ozone Pocket Rocket v1 in 24kt average wind and got the following track:
While the impact is noticeable but potentially not significant (i.e. same foil, but different site, different conditions) - you can nonetheless feel slightly less apparent wind, and the Power Pack doesn’t lurch forward’ as much as the Pocket Rocket. This might contribute a bit to speed, but also instability, and make it ‘feel’ fast like overinflated skinny tires do on a road bike (note: the trend has gone back to wider softer tires for speed!)
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Thanks for this nice topic,
I always wondered if modern manufacturer of parawings for downwinding may miss the point that it is IMO all about a good upwind performance (VMG or angle) of the parawings. As I still miss this performance, I continued riding my old converted Flysurfer Peak4 (manufactured in 2018 as kites!) for two years.
https://kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1217980#p1217980
Haven’t tracked since a year but even with the old AR8 foil I was close to 90° tacking angle, with actual A10+ foils and the more modern Peak6 even smaller tacking angles should be possible.
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