AD72 - 19-5-2012 at 03:53 PM
Any of you out there flown one and what do you think? I am thinking of getting one to go with the race board.
AD72 - 19-5-2012 at 04:13 PM
Or looking at Ozone Edge or PL Fury. Ozone Edge is proven race machine.
Kamikuza - 19-5-2012 at 04:57 PM
Regular or Deluxe or doesn't matter?
I love mine ... less technical to fly than the 12 (and more than the 21) but you may get over-powered on a race board? What do you want to know ...?
AD72 - 19-5-2012 at 09:06 PM
How fast does it turn? Yes I was wondering about being over powered and being able to depower the kite to act as a smaller size as advertised. The
race board really picks up speed when foiling on the fins. How well does it handle gusts? I am figuring I could use it as a light wind kite with the
race board and when the wind picks up just switch boards to the twin tip? Would I be better off with a 12? How does it handle downwind? I am looking
for used so delux or standard whichever happens to be available.
Kamikuza - 20-5-2012 at 05:40 AM
Fast enough :bigok: I actually have a video of me working it hard, somewhere ... ah, downstairs.
Depower is fine for TT cos you just edge up hard against it and go upwind - lots - but I dunno about a race board ... you may just end up gaining more
speed? Certainly, there's a lot of range in just sheeting out and 'stalling' the board ...
12 may be better but I find it more sensitive to backstalling (or just plain stalling) in turns or when sheeting in ... get the same feeling with the
15 at the bottom end of its range but you CAN keep it moving without it stalling to get you back to base. When the 12 bottoms out, it's just a stall
fest - more technical to fly in that respect.
I am quite ham-fisted though ... and spoiled by the 21 which is impossible to stall!
ragden - 21-5-2012 at 04:51 AM
The 15 is a BIG kite. It is NOT going to turn quickly when compared to just about any recently made LEI. For the size of it though, it does turn
decently. I've cranked it into downloop turns, and looped in low winds to get moving. It will turn, if you CRANK the bar. However, you have to take
into consideration what you are comparing it against.
It also drifts fairly well. As long as the wind is fairly consistent, it will drift just fine. The only time I've really seen it fall out of the sky
is in inconsistent and light winds when throwing a big jump, and swinging underneath it. That does not always work out so well. Most times it recovers
before hitting the water, but I have had it hit the water from doing that before (mostly because I was being dumb and didnt control it well enough
during the jump).
My recommendation would be to demo one if you can. Funny that you are in Davis... that is where I grew up... Best of luck!
AD72 - 21-5-2012 at 08:49 PM
Thank you for the input. That was what I was thinking about the 15.
I like Davis. Still a small town in comparison to the cities I lived in the past. Good location for wind other than the coast. Flysurfers are rare
here.