50psi!! 🤯 very interesting development. How many strokes to pump up that 5m to 50psi with thag bicycle pump?? How long does it take? It's a lot of volume. 🤔 Best Kites tried something like this back in 2004 with that chrome colored kite… The material didn’t last and so it failed but it also had a t...

It´s just a desaster for old kites - sorry

FunOnTheWater wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:05 pm

maybe some designers can pop in and work with you.

I do already - the unthinkable is coming

:cool2: https://up.picr.de/47423525fu.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxMuUBONkcY Today was the 6th time on the water with the racekite - and the tube still hasn't exploded :) Although there is only one strut instead of 5, the thing hangs like a board in the air even in gusts of over 30 kn: noth...

FunOnTheWater wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:23 pm

the thicknes of TPU, the Weight of Dacron etc.

how much is it ?

maybe this is good for jumping, too - who knows ?

Of course I use thin race lines already, the hottest SK99 stuff from LIROS :cool2: What do you mean with "high performance kite" ? As I hate foil kites I normally fly a 7m² Slingshot Machine (with 24m race lines). But is it really a high performance kite ? Not compared to race foil kites. On the oth...

I forgot that I have a video on facebook, where I ride the 3m Rally GT in 5-6 Bf. This time even the 30m lines were not long enough :) https://www.facebook.com/tilmann.heinig/videos/272351215154328 But in general these small kites are so fast and quick turning that you can generate extreme power by ...

having fun with my 4m SST (the others were on 8m kites) Actually that sweet little thing was way too small - but I love it so much and with 30m lines it worked :

I also have a 3m Rally GT and I use it with 30m lines. The longer the lines the easier small kites are to handle and the better you get through lulls by sinussing.