Lighter and stronger generally don't go together. Not to say it's impossible, but it's not typical.
Lighter and stronger generally don't go together. Not to say it's impossible, but it's not typical.
LE material absolutely makes a difference in stiffness. It coordinates with some other factors, but for sure not all LE material is the same. It's quite complicated actually.Greenturtle wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:32 amI don’t think the le material makes a kite stiffer or softer. How hard you choose to pump it does. Last time I checked, any kite in good condition can be pumped rock hard. Maybe the new stronger material can be pumped even harder with less fear of bursting on a bad tomahawk, but more stiffness isn’t really something I personally have a problem achieving (haaaaa) or have a need for, even with the lightest of dacron le’s
There is another important aspect of the 'stiffness' (technically correct - modulus of elasticity or just elongation/stretch).Greenturtle wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:00 pm...
Is added stiffness for kites definitely good? Or just in order to reduce le diameter and have similar flex as before?
You means that Eleveight one strut kites are also Stronger, Lighter, Superior? Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather! Maybe.
Maybe similar but not the same. SLS/PentaTX dacron comes from Challenge Sailcloth and is made in Thailand.
I think most competitions are not flown in 10M+ conditions.
I believe 8m would be a small kite for king of the air. With 8-10m being the normal range.leeuwen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:56 amI think most competitions are not flown in 10M+ conditions.
The question is how much it will matter in the smaller sizes that they use during competitions.
Very high wind speed is probably a good equalizer in regards to performance of Dacron vs the new materials (that might actually need to be "down-tuned" in the smaller sizes to not be to quick/nervous).
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