skyfly - 6-5-2008 at 08:23 AM
Hello I am about 5ft 4 I weigh about 8st and I want to get a kite i can use with a board and that i can just take out and play with. I would really
like a kite that can lift me off the ground. My price range is up to about £250 so not too expensive. I've got experiance with small traction kites
like the Bullet 1.5 and really need to move up to something a bit more powerful. I have been thinking about a Flexifoil Rage 2.5m with a bar. Help
needed with this decision before I go and waist my money
. Thanks
Jaz
Bladerunner - 6-5-2008 at 01:07 PM
The Rage is designed with pull rather than lift as it's purpose.
A 2.5 isn't that much of a kite size wise. It would need some VERY BIG wind to lift you ! and then what !!! :o
If you are planning on jumping don't go smaller than a 5m. Even at 5m the kite will lift you but if you don't know how and when to redirect it will
drop you like a rock.
solarix - 6-5-2008 at 06:21 PM
Large kiting inexperience here.....
I do not remember what the size of the parachute I was using when I last went sky diving but, it was a big one (only 27 jumps into the training, ran
out of cash
). Bigger is better for lift if you want a soft landing and it is in
the right wind condition/speed. We never jumped in anything over 15 MPH. I got spanked pretty bad one jump in a 30 MPH squall. Cut safety
line (a main cut away pulls it) then the main chute loose and picked it up in a wad.
My 4m is completely unpredictable and will pick me up and drop me like a rock in 25+ MPH.
Jerry
skyfly - 7-5-2008 at 11:49 AM
Sorry I should have explained that when I said lift I only meant some good drag on it. All of my previous kites have just been little tiddly things
that don't pull you along the ground unless your flying in a gale force wind. Lift to me equals pull... I know wrong terminology and stuff but hey...
If I could I would get a bigger kite but unfortunatly I don't have the funds at the moment.
Thanks anyhoo
Bladerunner - 7-5-2008 at 12:39 PM
BBrex has a 4m Buster for $185 complete ?
That's a good next step !