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by Bille
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: A new Kiteboarding member
Replies: 2
Views: 498

Re: A new Kiteboarding member

Toby wrote:
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:23 pm
...Now put him on the water ...
He knows how to snowboard ; thought I'd let him try snow-kiting
first , (until the water warms up).

Billr
by Bille
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:52 am
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: A new Kiteboarding member
Replies: 2
Views: 498

A new Kiteboarding member

Today I put this new student , (2 lessons in the park) on a kite buggy , with my 2.5M POS ,20-year old trainer ; He Killed it !! Chad is an instructor of martial arts ; with his reflexes and brains , he was able to hold his own and stay up-wind in some seriously nasty gusty air , on the buggy . I go...
by Bille
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

12 and 8m hawk are very good kite to begin with, but carefull, a foilkite doesn't like full speed middle of window crash... if your friend, already know moving a kite, you can go...otherwise, a tubekite is a better choice... juste because of this overpressure problem. A foilkite hates big crash. I ...
by Bille
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

if it is wide in the sense of turbulent wind, I would choose the Hawk instead ... If it is laminar , even if variable on a low frequency change, why not but during the early learning curve he will have few or not interest to drive the Kestrel ... if there are much chance to put it in the water, Haw...
by Bille
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

On another note : I'm teaching a friend how to kiteboard , and the place we will be kiting has a really wide wind-range , (just like Lake Mohave) ... ... I'm leaning towards a Kestrel for him ; just for that reason. Is this a good idea ? He won't be touching a LEI , as long as I'm guiding him ; he w...
by Bille
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

Agreed the pre inflation isn’t as good as a FS due to the placement of the air intakes which are on the bottom half of the leading edge. ... The simple hack for this is a $20 BBQ fan. Stick it in the center intake valve while you layout the bridle and lines. ... On the plus side of that intake plac...
by Bille
Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

So now you know why I hate Soul so much. Or any foil kite. At some point, it is about the investment and fun, and whatsnot I have not had to swim in my Soul for the last 40+ sessions. In the meantime, I have enjoyed the performance of a foil kite, which is far superior to that of ANY tube ever made...
by Bille
Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

YA I live in a crap-dump because I don't like work and all I do is kiteboard, fly Paragliders /Hang gliders , and snow ski. In the USA , you can do whatever your heart desires ; then live with your decisions. :cool2: Bille Wow. Living the dream. How much do you spend on kiting in a year? Any hacks ...
by Bille
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

... Right. It is so nice to live in rich West and let those poor ba..rds work hard in their sweatshops. ... In short my motto is: "Support local, buy global" 8) YA don't like capitalism ? My brother lives in a million $ house, because he and his wife went to school then worked for it ; I live in a ...
by Bille
Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:36 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63938

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

kitexpert wrote:
Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:05 pm
...

But air inside weighs same and there is many kg's of it in 18m kite. So for the flight dynamics difference is less than 10%, which is probably hardly noticeable.
That weight savings , would be Quite noticeable ; in 5 to 8-kt of wind. :nono:

Bille

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