Re: Jumping tips for foil kite on hydrofoil
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:46 am
can't say that I agree.. my light wind kite is 15 soul and my go to wing is RDB freerace (which is a near copy of moses 637).. so if the kite flies I can definitely get going, no doubts.. now I do not have too much experience with 633, just maybe 20 min on 2 separate occasions.. but from what I gathered, it has too much lift at speed, so hard to hold that power.. maybe I was doing it wrong.. since we speak huge boosts in marginal winds, foil, can you post your woo stats? I just cant see people going huge in under 7-8kts.. 10-20ft maybe? but that's what OP is already doing.. Maybe that's why you did not break 633? I broke at least 2-3 rigs going big (not 633s obviously)..they all break if you get the height.. this was from yesterday, 15-20kts, 15 soul, RDB race.. there ware 2 other guys using more of tray table kinds of wings in that wind but they were strapless and on 4 & 7m kites..Foil wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:56 amthe 633 is just great for boosting, at our spot we all boost on the 633, yes we all have other wings as well which do give the opportunity to go even bigger in stiffer winds that's true,deniska wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:07 pm633 is not the greatest for big airs and will probably break on bad landing..
for me it felt like it has too much lift when speeding up for a jump.
To the OP, you should check your gear.. some beginner foils are in fact are very hard to use for big airs..
Ideally you want freerace carbon rig from a respectable company... something that gets more stable with speed and not the other way around..
but the point is -
boosting in very light airs is just not possible on low lift fast wings, you first of all need to get going, and that's were the 633 is the choice for all of us here who boost in marginal airs
and boost high, but of course we all use the latest high end foil kites as well.
as for damage to the 633 wing set on fast bad landings, who?where? when?
none here or anywhere I have been to, flag beach for months on end, again foil kites do help with soft landings, but yes I have had some wallops flat down on the wing which has made me cringe,
the only damage to wing sets that i know to have been confirmed is to a moses race wing 637 which was replaced under warranty, and to a soft aluminum mast with very thin side walls, that one I did see myself, it bent the mast, a beach side shop said you bent the Mast? followed by the brand name, yes they do bend we have had a few do the same he said, not replaced under warranty.
so fear not if you own a 633 wing set,
want to go boosting huge in silly light winds, the 633 is just great, in stronger winds a faster wing will be much easier to use and send you higher due to the extra speed on take off.
methinks some foilers use the "i don't jump because I only have a big wing and it might break excuse" just get up there and fly, no face mask required