Kamikuza - 25-10-2010 at 01:59 AM
Thinking about the differences in power between arcs, FS & LEIs both C & bow ...
Thought I could roughly answer my own question with the projected area info but turns out nobody publishes crap like that any more 
Obviously the Flysurfers are fairly flat and develop more power per square meter ... my 19m S2 suggests it's like a 26m C-kite ... the 19m Synergy has
a projected area of 11.6m or so and feels like a 14m modern LEI to me ... I just ordered a 13m Crossbow to go with my 16 for the nuking days cos I was
enjoying the 16 in 20 knots or so ...
Is there a relative formula? Arc to bow to C to FS?
... real reason I ask is I'm probably going to throw a sicky tomorrow and take advantage of the mental wind forecast and am wondering if I should take
my 12m Synergy just in case it's really bad :D
Kamikuza - 25-10-2010 at 02:07 AM
PS. it's my birthday tomorrow so I feel justified in calling in sick :D I think the wife bought me a Kindle too ... she asked if I thought they were
cool months ago, then something arrived in a box about the right size from Amazon that was assembled in China 
could just be a pop-up book I guess :o
Kamikuza - 25-10-2010 at 02:09 AM
PPS. I'm on my third beer for the night so I'm rambling. Wife is working till 11pm so it's PIZZA AND BEER baby yeah!
flyjump - 25-10-2010 at 04:44 AM
Yeahhhhhh! Dang Kami, I wish we were friends
Kamikuza - 25-10-2010 at 04:54 AM
We're just friends who haven't met face to face yet
... am out of beer, eyeing up the whiskey ... and still need an answer
PHREERIDER - 25-10-2010 at 05:04 AM
couple tugs on that bottle everything will be fine,
best i have come up with is about the same on cross brand/type spectrum
arcs V16 =14m tube(and 19 syn/ch are in this power group as well)
the v13 and 12m tube were about as close as they ever came to equal.
FS may even be more efficient or equal than tubes Don would know better. seems a 12m FS easily match to 13m tube(bow) in power
Kamikuza - 25-10-2010 at 05:15 AM
it's all good now - surely it could be better though
SA2 19 urinates all over the 16m 'bow, especially for bottom end, which makes the windrange of the FS just massive!
Interesting that the Synergy/Charger is so gutless ... should have kept my V2-19 :banghead:
... so a 12m Synergy with 7m P.A. is about a 9m LEI?
One forecast site is off the scale (13m/s) for tomorrow, the other is suggesting 8m/s :puzzled: another 4 gusting to 8m/s ... yet another is issuing
storm warnings for the southern regions!!!
PHREERIDER - 25-10-2010 at 05:29 AM
12 syn =9m tube would be pretty close
Kamikuza - 25-10-2010 at 05:59 PM
Ta!
Plans to skive off got scuttled ... tomorrow then :D forecast still looks good ...
flyjump - 25-10-2010 at 06:12 PM
Kami, next winter i'll be taking a trip to Thailand, if for some reason my flight has a lay over close to you in japan, we must get a beer together!
Kamikuza - 26-10-2010 at 05:40 PM
Fo sho! The wife is going to visit a friend in the UK ... I might have to go to Thailand with you