merl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:56 amI don't know whether these are "great" but can be in the same discussion:joriws wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:36 amJust to summarize the small sized "hydrofoil" foil-kite competition which seems to be great for us consumers, hopefully nice cross reviews comes from many consumers:
- Airwave Koala 5m
- ConceptAir Pulsion 6m (or even 3.7m available)
- Flysurfer Soul 6m
- Flysurfer Peak4 4m (maybe similar wind range or would it be 3m?)
- Kitech FRS 6m
- Ozone Hyperlink 5m
- Peter Lynn Nova 4m or 6m
(sorry if I left something out unintentionally, Elf does not have Swift smaller than 8.5m, Aeros, Paraavis, Monjet, HQ did not check)
I already arranged a contact with local Airwave dealer to do a Koala demo before deciding anything on my small foil^2 solution.
Gin marabou 6, 4m
ConceptAir wave 6.5, 4.5, 3
ConceptAir firefly 6, 4, 2.5, 1.5
Pansh Genesis, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.5, 2
joriws knows, I know - but to others reading this thread:
They are all "small" foilkites, but as different as apples and oranges - both are fruit but thats it
ConceptAir Firefly and Flysurfer Peak4 kites are singleskin wave/freeride kites with their exceptional low weight thus acceleration and stability super easy to handle, and drifts like nothing else - on cost of windrange.
Where most of the others are in the category of more "normal" dual skin foil kites, meaning they can be a handful to handle as they got extreme peak power, but the gain in performance is excellent (speed and upwind and powered) and in particular the upper end so much bigger "sweet" range, but might require a good rider/kiteflyer.
In general terms of course - but important to know you must know this difference in order to select
Conceptair Wave is something in between a dual skin but with low AR and a thick profile to keep it less performing and easier and better drift.
I havent tried all of above, but as far as I can see we will have the full spectre between small performing medium AR dual skins and to small low AR stable single skins for waves.
Peter