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Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:03 pm
by Northern Monkey
Bumped in to this little beauty down the beach on Saturday.

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:02 pm
by fdvj
Did it have 4 or 5 lines?

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:38 pm
by Northern Monkey
Four Line for sure. Running on the Carrot Bar.

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:04 pm
by BWD
Nice :thumb:

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:53 pm
by TheJoe
I gave up on this kite all ready. I'll get excited when or if it ever comes to market. But we need a c-kite revolution. They are safe and so much more fun than all these bridal kites claiming to be C's.

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:22 pm
by fdvj
3 struts,I hope it isn't going to end up RPM like, and the leading edge can be kept slim in diameter unlike the delta wainmans.

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:21 pm
by BWD
a c for sure, doesn't even look like tips are big enough to reverse launch, not rpm like.
We'll have to keep waiting and waiting and see, looks cool even if never marketed.

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:56 pm
by kungfupete
There has been pics of this kite for a couple of years, probably different protos. I'd be keen fly it and see how it goes, but like Joe said, I'll get excited when it comes out. I'm sure Wainman wont release it until they are really happy with the set up. If they do ever sell them, I hope they make it so you can tune it for really slow turning for wakestyle.

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:58 pm
by wondamic
Looks very nice, simple and to the point. Judging by this picture it looks like there are several connection points for both the center and rear lines. I'm sure the kite will be able to get tuned just the way you'd like.

It's going to be exciting times for Wainman this year gentlemen... :naughty:

Re: Wainman C Kite - Cape Town 2013

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:59 am
by Stefan
kungfupete wrote:There has been pics of this kite for a couple of years, probably different protos. I'd be keen fly it and see how it goes, but like Joe said, I'll get excited when it comes out. I'm sure Wainman wont release it until they are really happy with the set up. If they do ever sell them, I hope they make it so you can tune it for really slow turning for wakestyle.
Personally I would like to see Wainman work on the Rabbit line in terms of boosting the efficiency just a tad. I think it is easily better then any C kite in waves any only lags in jumping height and centered unhooked pressure (not by much) compared to C's.