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SparD
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Postby SparD » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:41 am
Mossy 757 wrote:Riley Gibbs just won 8/9 races at the St. Pete fall foil race with a Mikes Lab setup and Diablo2 on 10m lines...he was so monstrously fast it was unbelievable. I was on the same size kite with 21m lines and a Sword2 and full speed downwind he just walked away from me like I wasn't even trying.
10m lines !
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socommk23
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Postby socommk23 » Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:56 am
Mossy 757 wrote:Riley Gibbs just won 8/9 races at the St. Pete fall foil race with a Mikes Lab setup and Diablo2 on 10m lines...he was so monstrously fast it was unbelievable. I was on the same size kite with 21m lines and a Sword2 and full speed downwind he just walked away from me like I wasn't even trying.
What size kite? 10m lines will be interesting to see the turns without hitting the water.
Have you flown the diablo v1? How does the v2 compare?
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Mossy 757
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Postby Mossy 757 » Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:15 pm
15 and 18m kites mostly. I think he went longer for his 18...
No experience with the Diablos personally but given the results from the racing I don't think the new kite justifies the added cost.
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Mossy 757
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Postby Mossy 757 » Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:39 pm
Mossy 757 wrote:15 and 18m kites mostly. I think he went longer for his 18. When you're going really fast and bring the kite directly overhead in a gybe you can get awa with it, but your margin of error disappears.
No experience with the Diablos personally but given the results from the racing I don't think the new kite justifies the added cost.
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socommk23
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Postby socommk23 » Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:54 pm
Mossy 757 wrote:15 and 18m kites mostly. I think he went longer for his 18...
No experience with the Diablos personally but given the results from the racing I don't think the new kite justifies the added cost.
That's what I was wondering. Cheers
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Postby cnski » Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:08 am
Does anyone know how much a ML foil costs? Just curious.
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Postby Tone » Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:29 am
cnski wrote:Does anyone know how much a ML foil costs? Just curious.
around $4000 complete...
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Postby cnski » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:37 pm
$4000??!!! WOW. Didn't realize they cost THAT much. This price for the foil only? How much for a ML foilboard? $2000? Thanks for the reply Tone.
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Postby plummet » Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:11 am
If your producing the best racing product in the world you can definitely charge a hefty price!...........
All that skill and R&D doesn't come cheap. Jesus it takes a long amount of time design and develop and make a foil. A bloody long amount to time. Longer than you think. Way longer.
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Postby rddvet » Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:12 am
Where are you getting $4000. Go to the site and build a complete setup with their most expensive board, mast, and wings and its $2000. What am I missing.
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