BOEMIX wrote:Does Pulsion handle gusts better than FS speed, which is the foil with the best gust handling I have ever tried?
You will be happy ...
You will find herebelow the "Stability report" of a friend
who has bought a pulsion 12m light and then the prototype with new porcher cloth to improve relaunch (the prototype I spoke on above message with the latest skytex 32gr from Porcher , quite similar to Lotus cloth).
It is a skilled foiler knowing well foilkites from years and years, specialist of light winds in gusty /irregular winds. In french sorry but I make a sum-up in english just after.
pizzakite wrote:je l'ai emmené dans l'endroit le plus merdique du lac je l'ai fichu à l'eau et ça n'a pas été facile, elle ne tenait pas à descendre ,j'ai été obligé de la mettre sur le bord d'attaque
(...)cette aile est incroyable, je l'ai balancé dans tous les sens elle se remet en place toute seule, sur cette plage j'y ai testé mes lotus et c'était décrochement sur décrochement, c'est là que l'on voit la supériorité de la pulsion à s'auto gérer, jamais une crasse où d'autres ne tiendraient pas, même ma s4 dlx aurait du malà cet endroit.
l'anémo à la main tout en tenant la pulsion en l'air ou bien sur l'eau ça passait de 1,2 kts à 8 kts au maxi ça n'arrêtait de monter et descendre
l'aile planait des moments sans jamais se retourner comme l'aurait certainement fait une de mes lotus.
(...)
pour le moment cette pulsion évolution + est top pour "jouer" en foil dans des endroits "pas facile" tel que les lacs dont le relief est merdique.
Quick summary for non-french speakers :
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- I went on purpose in the area of the lake where the wind is the most irregular to test its relaunch.
- The pulsion is so stable that I had to fight hard several times on purpose to put it finally in the water.
- the best kite ever on this stability
- wind meter on the ground was oscillating between 1.2 and 8 knots
- his FS speed4 Lotus (that he uses several times per week for years), would have done a lot of fronstall instabilities , but none with the Pulsion , even trying to do some on purpose. The Pulsion is superior on this point with a kind of auto-management.
- no other kite he knows would have stayed in the air even its loved legendary speed4 dlx 10m.
- even when the wind led to slack lines , it glided properly and stayed as a rock.
- this cloth improves the relaunchability after a long stay in the water. Like the Lotus. Seem to need a bit more wind compared to the skytex 27gr, but to be confirmed in more steady winds.
- a wonderful toy to play and foil in tricky conditions.
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Well ... good report on the stability therefore, knowing that he (like me again) have nothing to sell or deal ...
Another friend on lezfoils (Balboxl , 62 kg) just reported a snowkite session up to 15 knots with the Pulsion 15m on icy snow... he was overpowered in 15 knots (guessable...) but still stable on this high end.
Hope this will help.