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RIDING THE PHANTOM (VIDEO)

carltb - 6-11-2012 at 12:54 AM

https://vimeo.com/52895753

Fizeman - 6-11-2012 at 06:27 AM

Great vid as allways. Wish I had a place like that.

BeamerBob - 6-11-2012 at 10:00 AM

Looks really floaty! Can you compare and contrast with the Charger?

carltb - 6-11-2012 at 11:44 AM

i actually flew both on the day so ill give it a quick go.
for what i want out of a kite, ive got to say charger wins 1-0.
for stability and being rock solid - phantom 1-1
for turning speed it has to be the charger 2-1
for bar pressure the charger has the lighter but the phantom can be felt better so no real winner 3-2
ease of launch has to go to the phantom as can be launched when not fully inflated 3-3
float and hangtime has to go to the charger as you can redirect faster 4-3
for use at speed or in a buggy has to go to the phantom. it builds apparant wind really easy. 4-4
wind range, well thats a difficult one as i found the phantoms to be "small sized" so i probably could hold down the phantoms in higher winds but id still have roughly the same power from the charger in slightly less winds. 5-5
so overal they both have their good points but if i had to have just one kite it would be the 19m charger.

geokite - 6-11-2012 at 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by carltb

wind range, well thats a difficult one as i found the phantoms to be "small sized" so i probably could hold down the phantoms in higher winds but id still have roughly the same power from the charger in slightly less winds. 5-5


Good to hear this. Still haven't been able to fly the new 6m P2. If that holds true for the 6m size, it will be a high wind demon. Fastfastfast!!!

Kamikuza - 6-11-2012 at 04:27 PM

Great vid, good review! Helpful thanks :)