Re: Ozone Hyperlink V2
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:09 pm
Even hyperlink V1 was better than Soul /for freeride HF/. Soul isnt very good FREERIDE foil kite. Its good kite but not for freeride HF.
Ive never flown a Soul on the water, I dont ride TT anymore. But have been flying Hyperlink for 150 hours on water with HF.richy-c wrote: āSun Jul 21, 2019 10:43 pmSo the big question? Which is better all round for foiling and some twintip use as im looking to buy at the moment
so those reos might be going?Foil wrote: āMon Jul 22, 2019 7:01 amI was out yesterday with my kite buddy at a strong wind flat water and wave location, wind 20 mph gusting to 28mph. we were drag racing (again)
he was on his 5mtr hyperlink ULight V1, me on my 8mtr Reo, same kit underfoot- 683s, I was holding ground but working very hard against the lift in the gusts, too much kite maybe, and after a mile he creamed past on overdrive smooth as silk and annoyingly impressive.
Might have to try it out sometime as it looked great in the wavy stuff as well, so stable and fast turning, looked so small compared to my "massive" looking 8mtr.
he broke his own top speed after checking the gps log after, even faster than his larger Chrono v3 Ulights, IMPRESSIVE!!
lesson learned , if you want to go faster then use a smaller kite that has good range, too much lift from a bigger kite slows you down and tires you out more quickly.
small foil kites are now on my radar, especially the small (easy relaunch) hyperlink
so those reos might be going?
Meaning:
Good point above.tomtom wrote: āMon Jul 22, 2019 5:13 pmMeaning:
Depower while flying through window is nonexistent on Soul, so you cannot regulate power of kite anywhere in WW except static flying on edge.
Turning speed - Soul is slow turning kite period.
These two things alone disqualified Soul as Freeride wave HF kite in anything else than very light wind.
Soul is very good kite - but market it for freeride HF is borderline scam...
What is good at Soul is much better airtightness than HL1 /HL2 is much better in this than HL1/ better water restart, Its stronger m2 to m2 than HL1 and it boost more than HL1
TomTomW wrote: āMon Jul 22, 2019 9:36 pmGood point above.tomtom wrote: āMon Jul 22, 2019 5:13 pmMeaning:
Depower while flying through window is nonexistent on Soul, so you cannot regulate power of kite anywhere in WW except static flying on edge.
Turning speed - Soul is slow turning kite period.
These two things alone disqualified Soul as Freeride wave HF kite in anything else than very light wind.
Soul is very good kite - but market it for freeride HF is borderline scam...
What is good at Soul is much better airtightness than HL1 /HL2 is much better in this than HL1/ better water restart, Its stronger m2 to m2 than HL1 and it boost more than HL1
This is where the Soul reputation rubs off on the Hyperlink unfortunately.
Hyperlink is very good at depower. I wouldn't I find it works well in the small waves and bigger wind swell I hydrofoil in.
I will say that yesterday I was on Hyperlink 7m with full depower trim. Wind was 20-22 knots with some higher gusts. 20 m lines. I had to use upwind and Downwind angles at times to control power, keeping kite low, because if I put it over head I had too much lift and breach foil. It was quite wavy with 1,5 waves and 4sec period. So there is this depower issue at top end.
If I had 15m lines rigged it would be different.