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Lamilu
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The biggest smallest wing you kited on and enjoyed

Postby Lamilu » Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:54 pm

Sorry If I insist in this area…

I believe it is useful if real data could be shared…specially those with lots of experiences on different equipments and conditions.
In your testimony…include things Like:

1-the wings name
2-its Area, AR, manufactured origilal classification (kite,wing,surf,windsurf)
3-kite used, and conditions…
4-your weight and experience level

With this kind of information we can have a better reference/comparrisons on crutial parameters like wing loading…similar conditions…similar equipment…etc…every time we are thinking of buying a new wing that aims to push limits in either direction…the biggest/smallest…one could more safely invest to complement ones quiver….
Like an adimentional…
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Re: The biggest smallest wing you kited on and enjoyed

Postby tkaraszewski » Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:49 pm

I kite primarily on a Mike’s Lab Bullet 3. It has an area of about 520sq cm. I ride it with race and free race foil kites 9-18sq m.

The biggest wing I’ve enjoyed kiting on was the Moses 683 (same as 679). Which I rode with f-one bandits size 5/7/9m. I also tried bigger wings such as the Moses 633 and even the 1100 but always felt they were too big and slow for kiting (I enjoyed the 1100 for wingfoiling).
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Re: The biggest smallest wing you kited on and enjoyed

Postby grigorib » Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:26 pm

200+ lbs. the smallest were Slingshot 545 (a.k.a. Moses 558) which I didn’t enjoy and Moses 637 which I liked a lot. I love RDB 600 sq.cm race wing and I enjoyed Tyler’s B3 setup above.
As of largest the infinity 76 at 1550 sq.cm was the largest I kited with, yet the 633 was more fun and 683s(679) were even more fun, while being smaller area 1233,1005 vs 1550 sq.cm of i76.
Now my largest is RDB 1200 sq.cm mountable onto same 647 fuselage as my other wings

My winging wing is RDB 1700 sq.cm and my next one will be the 1400 sq.cm as I progress


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