slowboat wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:03 pm
drsurf wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:18 am
Hi Slowboat.
I have had a 6m Soul for about 6 months and have used it mainly with my Moses 633 foil on a 125 Axis minimal volume board and it works great for me. I'm 65kg and can foil with the 6m almost to the point it won't stay in the air. It also has a good wind range at the high end and works well with a TT board. I'm not sure of your experience with a foil kite but if it's your first time with a foil kite compared to an LEI kite it will be a bit different in its turning characteristics and where it develops its power. Being a foil kite it has good drift and can go quite deep downwind.
However a lot depends on your weight, type of hydrofoil, foil kite experience and wind & launch conditions where you intend to fly the kite. If you can tell us more it would help.
Regards Dave
Similar body weight and foil to yours. Flysurfer site says zenith parking at 6 knots. Doubt we could foil in 6 knots with it. Do you think 8 to 9 knots is reasonable?
Hi Slowboat.
I think 8 to 9 knots is reasonable given steady wind and a large foil like the 633. Being lightweight is a significant advantage in light winds. Although zenith parking is 6 knots thats not where you're using the kite, you have to be able to keep the kite static in the air at 45° for example to be usable. Mind you the Soul has great apparent wind performance and you can become a bit deluded as to what the wind strength is when you're up and foiling at speed
However it does relaunch well, though as with any kite especially in light wind, don't go further out than you're prepared to swim.
As for downunder's comments about overflying the window, never had it happen in any circumstance, it just floats back into the window when the window contracts during a drop in wind strength. Ditto with 10m Soul. downunder has made unsubstantiated reports on this matter before on the forum and while it seems to be a problem for him, who doesn't appear to have a 6m Soul, he can provide no evidence.
Let me know if I can help you further, have fun, Dave