Flysurfer Peak 5

[drsurf]

In Australia I'm still waiting on stock
You can bet if I had the Peak5's coupled with the good wind and hot sunny days we've had lately you would be hearing about it!

I can only assume there is very little stock around apart from the kite Peter Frank got, and none of it has made it to the southern hemisphere summer to be reviewed...

[ieism]

I think my regular supplier has stock, so the distributer for our country. The shops don't stock it here in the Netherlands yet but that's mostly because of low demand, was the same with the peak4.

I'm thinking of adding the 2.5 next summer. It's not much use for me now but on foil I think it would add usefull range compared to the 4m i have now.

So what's with the new Control bar 2? Same as the old one but new colours?

[lederhosen]

I think my regular supplier has stock, so the distributer for our country. The shops don't stock it here in the Netherlands yet but that's mostly because of low demand, was the same with the peak4.

I'm thinking of adding the 2.5 next summer. It's not much use for me now but on foil I think it would add usefull range compared to the 4m i have now.

So what's with the new Control bar 2? Same as the old one but new colours?

The way I understood it is that it is now a front line safety bar with an optional b safe system for snow. Which is better for people who want to fly it both on snow and foil.

[Atte]

So what's with the new Control bar 2? Same as the old one but new colours?

It would be the first time Flysurfer only change the colors for a new product, I know a lot of other companies only change colors for a new product every year. I guess that's why there was more then 3 years for the new peak to hit the market.

[Peter_Frank]

I have been out a couple of times more with the 6 m2 now.

I love this kite

But so did I with the Peak4 in 6 m2.

In every way a great kite, the new one.

Although, impossible for me to tell all differences, without flying a Peak4 in 6 neck and neck with the new one.

If I should compare turning and depower and so on.

It feels like it is more rigid and flies just a tad more like a dualskin kite, but only based on the fact that when I rigged down to a 5 m2 when wind picked up, the 5 m2 felt a bit "soggy" and soft so to speak.
Not always bad, as drift is amazing then, and I also know you can not compare two different sizes.
Not sure about this difference, just a feeling

Hopefully I can try switching with a friend, as I know three around here who has the 6 m2 Peak4.

Peter

[lezo]

It feels like it is more rigid and flies just a tad more like a dualskin kite, but only based on the fact that when I rigged down to a 5 m2 when wind picked up, the 5 m2 felt a bit "soggy" and soft so to speak.
Not always bad, as drift is amazing then, and I also know you can not compare two different sizes.
Not sure about this difference, just a feeling

Yes this is one point I'm particularly curious about. As discussed already on the Peak4 thread, flapping may be a Peak4 feature but not a bug, for great drifting capabilities. And perhaps an unintended feature, discovered by chance by Peak wavefoilers, since drift is only marginally important for the original target, snowkiting (maybe only when you ride down a slope without kite power).

So while it's very likely that the Peak5 is a better snowkiting and general foiling kite, is it really better also for kite-waveriding?

[Peter_Frank]

Not sure I agree fully....

Yes maybe one could get it to drift even more when flapping, I dont know.

But for me, when not flapping just sheeted in to the point where it doesnt - it still drifts amazing, no comparison to other kites (except for the C.A. Firefly maybe, same type)

I dont think I ever sheet out anymore, now very used to these kites - but can still ride and carve tight downwind, a thing not possible with other kite types in my experience.

Peter

[tomtom]

Not sure I agree fully....

Yes maybe one could get it to drift even more when flapping, I dont know.

But for me, when not flapping just sheeted in to the point where it doesnt - it still drifts amazing, no comparison to other kites (except for the C.A. Firefly maybe, same type)

I dont think I ever sheet out anymore, now very used to these kites - but can still ride and carve tight downwind, a thing not possible with other kite types in my experience.

Peter

Kite doesnt need flapping to drift - it is very to easy to see it doesnt flapp while drifting - agree with Peter.
What flapping do is "cancel" profile and cancel any lift /what stays on lines is almost pure drag/ This is useful for hot launch and instant power kill while kite flyes through powerzone

[14ToeSide]

Peter,

If you or someone else is in the POPCORN FART weight class then you might be able to fly a NAPKIN. WHEN someone is in the Clydesdale class like me a CIRCUS TENT may be the only way to kite instead of sitting home and posting useless bullwash.

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[joriws]

WHEN someone is in the Clydesdale class like me a CIRCUS TENT may be the only way to kite instead of sitting home and posting useless bullwash.

I am not familiar with that weight class how many pies it is, but 5m Peak4 I and my 0.11t have been able to hydrofoil on 1500cm2 foil wing where napkin class can barely (usually don't bother though) go with 16LEI & large TT. And I've 4m Peak5 ordered so I trust my home area with low winds so much with my weight class that I am willing to invest on smaller kite.