downunder wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 4:22 am
I have both, 10m v1 and v2.
And have a problem with v2. When I crash it, in a split second catches the wind and inverts. Now, never ever in 2 years with v1 the kite inverted on me.
With v2, every single sesh the kite inverts. Sometimes even 2 times in a sesh.
Thats related to my kiting, doing a lot of 360 rotations, sometimes 720, so I crash. But, when the kite dives and touches water, in that moment LE will catch wind. And that's it.
For sure it's my fault, but, why v1 did not catch the wind that fast? No idea. Some kites just do their own thing.
Other than that the kite is pretty much the same, jumps are the same, behaves exactly like new v1.
Maybe, I did my jump PB yesterday. It was high on 25kn.
The other rider (active on this forum), was on 12m OR Aluula. I was way higher than him, I think. He is expert rider.
Imo that says something about the 12m Aluula too. Both are expensive kites, however, will one develop issues more than another?
Maybe, depends on riding style and number of sessions. I hate to say but all my problems with v1 started after the kite was drowned with zillion L of water.
Pulling the kite through water like an anchor definitely killed it. Can it be fixed? Not sure. Rider here is using FS Psycho, drowned it many may times, and the
kite is still ok. Put this into perspective, I watched this rider to relaunch his Psycho for 1 hour, in ocean wash. What would that do to the Soul? But then, maybe
he is expert in the mixer tuning
Hope this helps.
PS
v1 with the bag is 2.2kg, v2 with a bag is 2.6kg