I finally had my first session with the Fuse 18.
I weight 86 kg, rode it with a tt 135x40.5 and 4 line bar (hard bar settings) with 27m lines.
Wind was 15/16 knots,(people were using 12 and going upwind easily).
I had to completely under power the kite, and let the bar out most of the time.
For sure this is my high end for this kite. I can´t say i was overpowerd since I rode safely but not comfortably most of the time.
It was hard to hold my edge for higher jumps, so most jumps were done with kite sending close to zenith, hights and glides pretty normal for an 18.
There was no condition to try kiteloop jumps or downloop transitions in 15 knots (very disapointed)
Bar pressure was medium and the turning speed not fast.
I am not a good high end rider, I am much better when kite is at low to medium force since I like to work the kite for jumps and tricks.
I could have changed the bar to soft and moved the back line one point to see what happens, but the wind was close to 20s so I went with rebel 13 and jumped better than with 18.
In this first test the kite didn´t achive my expectations.
I hope this kite suits me when the wind is 8/ 11 knots , that´s when I need it.