Peter_Frank wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:15 pm

Well PMU, quite true.

So we could call double skin foil kites "sleeping bags".
And single skin foil kites "carpets".
And LEIs "balloons".

Works fine for me

More LIES and EXAGGERATIONS from Fernmanus, a notorious ram lover. Inflatables are vastly superior to ram airs. Ram airs REALLY suck. OVERVIEW OF RAM AIR PROBLEMS [/b] - getting used to tuning the mixer - learning how to swim back with a wet "sea anchor" (deflate your LEI and try to swim back to get...

Peter_Frank wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:41 pm

... describe (ram air kites as) "Mattress kites" - as they look like a big fluffy mattresses...

TRUE!

Peter_Frank wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:41 pm

... I have no idea what we should call them - ... Maybe "Softkite"? Or "Bridled kite"?

"Flying Sleeping Bags" is the best description.

Pumpy

You seriously need to get it right ya idiot, they're called foil kites now, not ram-airs. Only fools like you call them ram-airs. Please step into the 21st century and get with the program! OK, time for a bit of etymology for you ram lovers. The term "foil" is derived from the Latin word "folium", ...

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You seriously need to get it right ya idiot, they're called foil kites now, not ram-airs. Only fools like you call them ram-airs. Please step into the 21st century and get with the program! OK, time for a bit of etymology for you ram air kooks. The term "foil", as used in kitesurfing and hydrofoili...

ced1 wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:34 pm

Pump me up is still going ?!?!
Whaaa ha, talk about holding a grudge!

It's not a grudge, it's a civic responsibility: to reveal the bitter truth about ram airs.

You seriously need to get it right ya idiot, they're called foil kites now, not ram-airs. Only fools like you call them ram-airs. Please step into the 21st century and get with the program! OK, time for a bit of etymology for you ram air kooks. The term "foil", as used in kitesurfing and hydrofoili...

I was thinking that the easiest way to test the light wind ability of a kite would be to wait for a day with absolutely zero wind and on a large open sandy beach stand on the back of a truck going a constant 5mph (4knots) and see if the kite will fly? At that speed you could have people jogging wit...