haare wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:39 am
Hi, I kite in same type of conditions. Gusty small lake.
Personally I prefer about 1000cm2 front wing. My weight is 80kg
I use about 70% of time FS Sonic 3. About 20% of time 13m sonic 3 and 10% of time 9m Sonic 3.
It depends what you want to do. Small lake equals no waves. So I would forget peak. It has poor peak power and upwind it is useless compared to proper kites. Its superior drifting is not that important in lake conditions. There are no waves unless its a proper storm. Then all kites drift well....
I would choose from Mossys list. Forget top tier kites they need prior foil kite experience. I would recommend soul. If you are more performance oriented then sonic / chrono or peter lynn aero v2.
You know which one I chose. I have used aero v1 & v2, diablo, fs race, sonic fr, sonic 2, ozone r1v2.
Sonic 3 is by far the best for me.
True.
But then again, a Peak will be way better when gusty, going in and out, no drama with kite collapsing and folding out in the powerzone when behind trees like higher aspect racier foil kites do, can be extremely risky.
And if you are on a windy lake, the Sonic3 is only down in 9 m2, which is a big size.
Here the Peaks are superior, and some of us like the drift also on almost flat water, for the fact that you can carve around to get the wave feel, a lot more freely with a drifting kite like this.
Upwind is no problem on a hydrofoil with these.
Again, depends on what you like - but when just above 15 knots, I launch a 4 m2 next to the car even if behind obstackles, as I can walk out to the water (and back) with these kites, without risk of dropping or collapsing.
This would be impossible with a tube kite or a std double skin foil kite.
So there is a couple of advantages for lake foiling indeed.
But I can see the advantage of using a max performance kite also, in lighter winds when on a lake, so depends on your very conditions and liking
Also, some might find the Peaks boring in the long run, too easy so to speak
Peter