SolarSet wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:23 pm

why you guys still bother with foil kites?

Because pansh Kestrel costs 400 € only, and works very well, here in gusty tramontana.

(for your information D=Z, some paragliders says "D") Aerodynamic has only one truth.. but many advices can bring to the same result. Whatever the kite/paraglider, and whatever the place of the camber, a cambered profil is powerfull and unstable. You'll have nuances, but the better is a progressive ...

For me it's the same of the arrival of the onepump on the market... nowadays, no one wants 1min more to inflate its kite by doing it strut after strut. The basis is alloy, like my mast base, so no corrosion. My foil is already heavy. But I understand the extra weight could disturb some riders. For m...

To reach a powerfull profile, you can lenghten C+B, you can also shorten A+Z... and you can fine tune by changing just one of them. Most of brands have choosen to just allow B and C ajustable, to avoid a back line/front line change on your bar settings. And flysurfer have also chose to connect the C...

one of the main basis of airfoil is the following screenshot.

Hello, this common behaviour is due to not enough deep on the airfoil, you can lenghten C adjuster (this will also lenghten a little B), it's the easiest and surely your solution

ok, that's what I had in memories... and what differences did you noticed before these "bridges" and after please ? On my carbon tube kite, I had to choose a less deep profile to avoid deformations in high winds... and the kite was very fast with thinner profile, probably what you've experimented on...

darippah wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:49 pm

This product is long overdue!! good for jumping?

I wil try that next week... it looks very robust.

On the 5m you've modified , could you confirm me you've modified the profile (to avoid deformation above the leading edge tube) ? by doing sewings ?

Just received noirmatter foil mount : https://noirmatter.com/products/quick-flight-system

Great quality