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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby Dontsink » Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:04 am

Yep,there is a lot more to wings than surface area.

My Starboard Freewing V1 has incredible low end, it is my goto wing from solid 14kt up to 25kt/30gusts.
It handles wonderfully with one exception, it is really awful to tack.Start a tack in 18kt or so and it literally tries to rip your front arm backwards,flaps like crazy and you loose all speed.
The Takoons are flatter,tighter canopies,and they do not have that super low end grunt but they tack buttery smooth,go upwind better.Both are good but so different.

The OR looks to be a very flat,tight design.Maybe the Dlab Unit has a more curvy,low end oriented shape?

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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby Labskaus » Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:49 pm

Holy sh!t look at mathisghio at insta ,he races today at Lake Garda at the second place behind Balz, his topspeed on levitaz R5 and OR 5 allula was over 31 KN :o

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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby juandesooka » Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:44 pm

Wow, that's fast! I don't follow racing, but I imagine that's up there. I think I've come close to that on kitefoil, but that seems less scary, kite helps get you away from the foil on a wipeout.

Today I was out briefly in 25ish kt gusts with 5m, first time feeling it's higher end and towards OP. It's a powerful wing. Though speed-wise I was probably going 10-15kt LOL

I have added a 3m HL series to the quiver, but haven't used it yet. Didn't have time today and also not windy enough between gusty periods. Soon i hope!

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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby Dontsink » Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:26 am

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CVS-xBPo ... =copy_link

The Levitaz R5 Mathis rides is race kitefoil with a 515cm2 surface.Must be really challenging to get up on foil...i think there is a "practical" speed limit for every foil size/rider weight combo.Once you get the AOA too small it starts feeling really sensitive and twitchy in pitch.

On my Takuma 1210/70kg i have gotten to 18kt peak (if the GPS is not lying,not sure) and both times ended in a big splat .
One was in very flat water,the other DWinging and cutting across a groundswell with luffed wing.
Rider inability might have been a factor too :)

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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby Labskaus » Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:36 am

I do the same speed on my Or 6m and Art 999 but there are kmh in the display :lol: :lol: :baby:

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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby Labskaus » Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:44 am

But it is not the top speed that realy matter ,my comfort speed to my last year slow feel is now away and now it feels super light and fluid this is all i want from it. :cool2:

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Re: Ocean Rodeo Aluula & Hybrid Overview

Postby StillLovinIt » Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:16 am

Labskaus wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:49 pm
Holy sh!t look at mathisghio at insta ,he races today at Lake Garda at the second place behind Balz, his topspeed on levitaz R5 and OR 5 allula was over 31 KN :o
... and now he's 1st:
https://wingsports.org/sailwave/liveresults_men.htm
https://www.campioneunivela.it/en/regat ... pionships/


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