merl wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:08 pm
The fact that we know who designed it (if your info is correct) gives a lot of confidence in this design; Funalex is a kite genius who has been a constant source of ideas and mods for foil kites for years... I'm curious about the tiny size (4m) as a freeride foiling kite for high wind...
Yes it is 100 % sure it is Funalex; we were tchating for month in this topic, waiting for the official release of this kite ...
According to him, he prefers the Soul in big sizes but prefers the Hawk on small sizes ; be careful the AR is however lower than a Soul, so saying it is a copy of the Soul is too "summarize" in my opinion; it is somewhere among all medium ratio foils (FR:S, Pulsion, Spiritv2, Nova, Hyperlink, Soul, etc ...)
There is a kind of "tripple depower" that arch the kite when sheet-out for less lift and also incurves the Leading edge but only when depowered, so a bit different than flysurfer former speeds. Hence I suppose (and confirmed by Funalex) and excellent wind range.
He likes the small size the most, so 4m should be a success I suppose. Kite is not a light wind kite and requires more than 10-15 knots to be efficient, whatever the size. So 12m is for heavier riders.