Scudley - 22-2-2008 at 02:51 PM
Sky Country, of Kharkov Ukraine, announced they have designed a race kite with highest aspect ratio kite ever available. They claim the new kites
sets a new record with an aspect ratio of 7. The kite will be available "at the start of next season or the end of this" in 7, 8.5 and 10m sizes.
See http://sky-country.com/news/?action=novelty&id=9&pag... for photos of the new kite.
kitemaker4 - 22-2-2008 at 05:08 PM
I wonder how stable the kites are with an aspect ratio so high. Don't you loose stability the higher you go.
Susan
Baluk - 22-2-2008 at 05:18 PM
Crikey!:wow:
action jackson - 22-2-2008 at 07:22 PM
Bow tie!..........aj:rodent:
OreBeamer - 22-2-2008 at 10:31 PM
It looks to have about 60 really narrow cells.. Crazy, I bet it's fast if it has good cross ventilation.
Baluk - 22-2-2008 at 10:35 PM
Whats the average AR of a paraglider?
ripsessionkites - 23-2-2008 at 03:36 AM
average paraglider is 5.0 Flat AR but can got up to 7.5