Postby Foil » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:16 pm
9 or 10 mtr brand new Pansh Aurora,
I don't own one
I have never owned one
but I have flown one
flag beach, fuerteventura, a few weeks ago, and guy from egypt came up to me on the beach and said he had been watching me use my chrono and hyperlink foil kites for a few days, and decided I was the very guy to give him some advice on flying his brand new kite, he had it set up further down the beach, a striking red and mostly white smart looking new foil kite, either 9 or 10 mtr, (cant remember which)
the owner was a experienced tube kite and ttip rider but had never flown a foil kite before and was unsure how his new purchase worked, as so few people in egypt use them, but he was so happy that this kite only cost him 250us dollars brand new, but he was struggling to understand how to fly it properly, he said it is so different to his tube kite and he could not fly it right, and asked could I fly it and show him how to use it.
well to cut a long story very short, my one hour battle with it to try and get it to fly in any way I could relate to ended with me telling him the best thing about it was it was very near to a bin on the beach, and that's where i would put it,
honestly it was so bad in every way,
the wind was spot on for my 9mtr hyperlink v2,
but this cheap nice looking red and white kite developed so little power, it was unable to stay in shape or able to just sit anywhere I tried to park it in the sky, what a disappointment, I said I would not try it on the water as i could tell it would not work, he wanted me to give him tips on how to make it work, I was at a loss to help him, he was disappointed I could not help him,
I left him to it and went out on my 9mtr and had a ball.
my wife kept an eye on him struggling to get up on his foil board with his kite thrashing around but unable to lift him out of the water, no power!
then it fell from the sky as soon as he stopped moving it around, failed to relaunch and drifted onto the rocks damaging the kite, he waited two days for a fix from the local kite doctor, and then spent ages on the beach for 2 days messing with the bridals, then he disappeared, he stopped coming to the beach,
I felt bad that I could not help him, the kite just flew so badly.
so if you spend so little cash on a brand new kite, dont expect too much, it flew, it looked quite nice, but it was just not right for using on a foil board or ttip, might work ok on a land board, I don't know,