Power Kite Forum

Yak Question

SecondWind - 20-10-2007 at 10:56 AM

I've been flying a borrowed 5m Yakuza lately and I'm really impressed. It's much more stable/well behaved than I expected.

Are there any sizes to avoid? Or are they all good performers?

Thanks!

Joe

Pablo - 20-10-2007 at 01:34 PM

Well, the 6m is sweet. Smooth and fast, just need to see how it stacks up with the Combat.

SecondWind - 20-10-2007 at 06:03 PM

Thanks Pablo - let us know how it compares...

Pablo - 20-10-2007 at 06:16 PM

It's hard to say at the moment, I had the 6m up in the air and it was powered ok, could have used a larger kite, the only combat I had at the time was the 4.8m, so way underpowered. The Yak would outrun the 6.5m Century though, I tried most of the tricks and couldn't get it to keep up.

By what I have seen so far, they're both smooth, fast, strong kites with killer upwind. I think it'd come down to the pilot. There's not much in their league though. If you go up a size with the RM+ you'll still be in the race.

I'll post more thoughts on this in a couple days when the Combats clear customs.