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by nixmatters
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Welded Canopy Panels
Replies: 19
Views: 2672

Re: Welded Canopy Panels

Any updates? 1. No time lately 2. No interest from someone to invest in further R&D 3. I am not particularly convinced that the welded LE segments have a great advantage vs a lap seam - something been done by quite a few brands in the past. Printed canopy update - direct print on regular canopy isn...
by nixmatters
Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Sorry, your used gear is worth nada
Replies: 21
Views: 2357

Re: Sorry, your used gear is worth nada

You base your assumptions on Slingshot that isn’t even in top five kite companies? Where are these worthless second hand dlab/Aluula kite you are claiming? For €500 I’m happy to risk in second hand dlab kite but I don’t see any of them on second hand market. Some second hand gear has better resale ...
by nixmatters
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: High Pressure kite by Bruno Legaignoux
Replies: 322
Views: 51540

Re: High Pressure kite by Bruno Legaignoux

... But from the excellent job you did on the LE, it is the most difficult job in a kite, I am sure you can grab surfplan and build your own kite.... +1 for the dedication and the outcome :thumb: As for the software - the KaroroCAD free online version can do much more than the free/demo Surfplan! A...
by nixmatters
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: Foil Kites
Topic: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite
Replies: 651
Views: 63942

Re: Pansh Kestrel, high performance kite

Sorry for the somewhat off-topic - if anyone needs a brand new 45-62cm adjustable bar, these 2 will be going cheap. P.S. To Europe only. Pull-pull trim, which most hate, but some love. Pin QR with a bit too long CL, which I would shorten right away. Line length - 17-20-21-24m. Weight without the saf...
by nixmatters
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Slingshot UFO V3
Replies: 237
Views: 24872

Re: Slingshot UFO V3

i have the 2022 clickbar in size s and I buy now the joystick bar. The clickbar in s is for foiling to short and its too heavy. Joystick has reduce weight and the safety click system is great. I didn't want to keep rebuilding the Y ! disadvantage: no adjuster (I hope I won't miss it) Does anyone ha...
by nixmatters
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Do you need Aluula Kites?
Replies: 99
Views: 9264

Re: Do you need Aluula Kites?

My intention is not to bash Aluula or Duotone here, but just share a tip that might well reduce the wear (cracking and peeling off) of the mylar laminate. I recently got this Juice Dlab from a friend who asked me to sell it while he's away for few months. The cracks are only in the base of the 3 str...
by nixmatters
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Will this foil?
Replies: 7
Views: 817

Re: Will this foil?

Do yourself a favor and learn to kitefoil with a kite foil. That Mantra 84 (Slingshot Hover Glide Infinity 84) is huge, unless you are good 120+ kg. Yes, you can kitefoil with walking speed on it, but also everything else needs to happen in slomo with it. If you gain any speed while rolling onto the...
by nixmatters
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Duotone Concept Blue
Replies: 36
Views: 3398

Re: Duotone Concept Blue

I did not say to recycle a kite into a new kite, You could throw it into a plasma reactor and make hydrogen for all I care, Pyrolysisis is (an will be) more common, but not very suitable for recycling polyester and PU, as they contain oxygen. Mostly suited for polyolefins (PE and PP). The recycle-r...
by nixmatters
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Duotone Concept Blue
Replies: 36
Views: 3398

Re: Duotone Concept Blue

BTW often plastics are just coloured by adding pigments during manufacturing of the granulate, I would assume it is possible also to manufacture polyester/nylon in several colours, without need for dying with water ? Dope/solution dying. The pigment mastbatch is mixed with the PET granulate before ...
by nixmatters
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Kitesurfing
Topic: Duotone Concept Blue
Replies: 36
Views: 3398

Re: Duotone Concept Blue

Might not sound very humble, but I'm 100% right. 20 years in the textile industry, incl. development of the very materials we are discussing. Making kite canopy and dacron from recycled raw materials (PET) is possible but very challenging and not commercially viable. Both use HT (high tenacity) poly...

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