Smallest OZONE EDGE i ever flown, was a 7m on 27m lines in 35Kt winds ; it was quiteedt wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:54 pm...
Come on guys give your recommendations for the most stable 5 meter kites. We all know a few brands of 5 meter kites that are twitchy as hell, they are like a bumblebee up there. which 5's give you the most confidence? I usually don't go to the 5m range, 7m is where I usually stop.
Nah edge is too punchy and powerful. If you want a docile kite for high wind with lots of depower look at wave kites or learner kites. There's also some dedicated high wind kites like the OR storm.Bille wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2017 7:29 pmSmallest OZONE EDGE i ever flown, was a 7m on 27m lines in 35Kt winds ; it was quiteedt wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:54 pm...
Come on guys give your recommendations for the most stable 5 meter kites. We all know a few brands of 5 meter kites that are twitchy as hell, they are like a bumblebee up there. which 5's give you the most confidence? I usually don't go to the 5m range, 7m is where I usually stop.
stable, and yes they do make a 5m Edge. Maybe you could find someone that would
let Ya demo a used one, for shipping fees both ways ? Is there an on-line shop that
actually does that ?
Bille
Just use plenty of front line trim and make smaller and slower bar movements. Rocket science. Not.
the more you trim the kite the worse it performs, it will spill air out of the sides and the trailing edge so it won't respond as quickly to inputs, it won't turn as well, and the remaining bar throw you have won't work as well. No comment on the hands on the inside of the bar. The best 5m kites in my opinion are those that you know how a well trained dog is, you say "Sit!" go inside the store, get yourself a pepsi, come out and he didn't bark at anyone didn't shit on the sidewalk just waited patiently for you to come back, well the best 5m kites are like that. You give them an input they stay right there until you are ready to loop it to transition whatever you like. Some 5's tho, they are just twitchy as hell. You try to set them in the air at 10 o'clock but they won't stay put, you get a tiny bit of chop that gets transmitted up the lines and the next thing you know it is swooping around so you are using your inputs to control it get back in hand. You don't want to babysit the 5 meter kite you want it to be patient, responsive, quick but not too quick, in short, to not try to kill you because it is so unstable. Most kites of course are unstable, that's good it makes them more responsive. If you let go of the bar, the will will not autozenith it will start to accelerate up or down one way or the other. This is fine on slower and bigger kites you need that responsiveness but for tiny kites you want them to just stay in the air where you put them not to zip all over the place. There is a huge difference between the different 5 meter kites out there, some are pretty stable some well I think I would call them evil because they are just too fast and twitchy.
That's what the OP wanted.
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