Removing the struts was so easy. I’ve done other kites but Ozone’s are by far the easiest. Ozone sew all the seams in the canopy then attach the struts, other manufacturers use the strut stitching to hold the canopy together so you need to resew this join after strut removal.TARTAX wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:25 amtell me more about pulling off the outer struts.airsail wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:55 amTook the outer struts off an old Reo 7 mtr, works great for foiling. Probably screwed the top end but not an issue for foiling. 2.23 kgs before, 1.91 now, drifts great.
Maybe an option if Clouds aren’t easily available. Haven’t tried a Cloud but they aren’t readily available in Oz.
how is the behaviour now?
water relaunch?
lower wind range?
Amen - all i want is very light normal strutted kite.TARTAX wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:09 pmI want to try to do the same .i think the future for freeride hydrofoil is a very light lei.
Now a normal inflatable small kite is build to work in a very wide windrange,so it needs reinforcements and a strong structure that makes it heavy.
So I think we will see in the future ,for example, small kite like an 8,build just for foiling,from 8 to 13/14 knots,very light,no reinforcements, strutted but very light.
Clouds are like that(I guess) but unavailable and too expensive .
I think is possible to accomplish the strutless nimble behaviour even with struts just making passive struts just for relaunch.
For now I want to try to make a very light kite from a normal small kite
I own Clouds and they fly differently to strutted LEI kites.TARTAX wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:09 pmI want to try to do the same .i think the future for freeride hydrofoil is a very light lei.
Now a normal inflatable small kite is build to work in a very wide windrange,so it needs reinforcements and a strong structure that makes it heavy.
So I think we will see in the future ,for example, small kite like an 8,build just for foiling,from 8 to 13/14 knots,very light,no reinforcements, strutted but very light.
Clouds are like that(I guess) but unavailable and too expensive .
I think is possible to accomplish the strutless nimble behaviour even with struts just making passive struts just for relaunch.
For now I want to try to make a very light kite from a normal small kite
Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:30 amThere are so many strutless and onestruts and threestruts light and fast turning LEI kites available today (everywhere)
Storm Voyagers, Zeeko Notus Air, Airush Ultras, Gong strutless and many others
But in the smaller sizes noone really wants to make strutless kites, as almost noone prefers these...
A few indeed, who only use them for hydrofoiling, but most also ride waves or twintips when more wind, and besides this, when it is +12 knots wind you dont really need the light kites anymore.
A luxury to have in small sizes, thus having two full kite quivers to suit your other boards too - but not really needed as said, only in the bigger sizes it makes sense, and here above 10 m2 the brands make 1 strut and strutless kites, so they actually make exactly the kites we would like
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