Yes the R1 its easier to fly, Yes the vmg2 have upwind advantage (and downwind disavantage) concertina folding in recomended in all kite brands Come on Pedro, I'm sure you can tell us more about this topic :) I've not flown both kites yet but I have good friends who have (including Pedro ;) ) Bigge...
Now you just need to find flatwater and strong wind, sheet in, bear off the wind and here you go ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRrPiXLPWo The speed in the video is from the GoPro. The reals speeds from my GW-60 track processed with GPS action replay are : Max speed on 1s : 46 kts Max speed on 1...
Racers use 110-115 cm masts because of this. But a 100 cm will do fine for most non-racers also, and a better compromise I would say. The Mike's Lab Bullet 3 which is to this date the most widely used race foil by the top guys has a strut/mast of only 103 cm ;) Almost all of the the newest race foi...