renegade kiter
Unregistered
Posts: N/A
Registered: N/A
Member Is Offline
|
|
delta waroo
Is the delta kite the future? Seems all manufacturers are making them. What make em so great? How do they compare with other kites, IE Bow, SLE, C?
|
|
ripsessionkites
Posting Freak
Posts: 4043
Registered: 17-10-2006
Location: California, Las Vegas
Member Is Offline
Mood: retired until racing starts
|
|
auto relaunch
increased windrange
Best is following what Waiman and F-One are doing.
|
|
renegade kiter
Unregistered
Posts: N/A
Registered: N/A
Member Is Offline
|
|
Looking at the charts it seems it has less wind range then last year. So the only plus is easier relaunch? How does it compair to other types of
kites? Flying performance and such?
|
|
Bladerunner
Posting Freak
Posts: 9679
Registered: 17-10-2006
Location: Vancouver
Member Is Offline
|
|
Interesting that they would not keep the Waroo and bring the delta out with a new name. They kept a C kite you would think they would keep a bow.
Delta does seem the way of the future ?
Lou is a visionary ! There has to be something to it for him to get behind the idea !
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
|
|
renegade kiter
Unregistered
Posts: N/A
Registered: N/A
Member Is Offline
|
|
Best already has a Delta kite its called the Kahoona. It seems to be marketed towards the beginner.
The Waroo is more of a hybrid now i would guess.
They didnt really keep a C-kite, they brought back the Team C for O9 basicly a yarga. They dont seem to market it in 2010.
Most all of the other major companys have kept a C-kite as their performance or freestyle kite, Slingshot Fuel, Naish Torch, North veagas.
Anyway back to topic....
Can anyone here compare the flying characteristics of a delta to other kites?
|
|
power
Posting Freak
Posts: 1023
Registered: 12-7-2009
Member Is Offline
Mood: Arcy
|
|
Quote: | Originally posted by renegade kiter
Can anyone here compare the flying characteristics of a delta to other kites? |
Wondering this myself for LEIs in general. How do they compare to the arcs?
-08 Best Nemesis HP 14m
-07 North Rhino 10m
-05 Best Nemesis 10m
-04 Slingshot Fuel 13m
-05 Flexi Storm 8m, 10m, 12m, 14m (FOR SALE!!)
-05 Naish 5.5m (FOR SALE!!)
|
|
renegade kiter
Unregistered
Posts: N/A
Registered: N/A
Member Is Offline
|
|
Well power it dosent seem like anyone here can give us an opinion.
|
|
power
Posting Freak
Posts: 1023
Registered: 12-7-2009
Member Is Offline
Mood: Arcy
|
|
unfortunately
-08 Best Nemesis HP 14m
-07 North Rhino 10m
-05 Best Nemesis 10m
-04 Slingshot Fuel 13m
-05 Flexi Storm 8m, 10m, 12m, 14m (FOR SALE!!)
-05 Naish 5.5m (FOR SALE!!)
|
|
Jovver
Member
Posts: 431
Registered: 26-12-2008
Location: Cleveland, OH
Member Is Offline
|
|
Quote: |
Wondering this myself for LEIs in general. How do they compare to the arcs? |
From my signature you can see that I have 2 Slingshot Fuels (Traditional C kites) The only arc I have flown is a PL Bomba 17m.
Short comparison of these 2:
Bomba-
Slower Turning
Slower Overall Feel
Smooth power transition
Sits further back in the window
Fuel-
Quick to turn
Huge power transition
Aggressive
Both-
Both kites are actually similar in a way. Both have line attachments on a flat wing tip (Bomba on sticks and the Fuel on a flat wing tip edge) Both
kites power up similar and have a direct feel on the bar. (Because of lack of pulleys and direct line attachment) The difference, which is directly
a result of the kite design, is in turning, speed, and overall feel of the kite.
I have not had the chance to ride anything with them, and I have flown both in an average of 10mph winds. Basically I felt the Fuel was a more
powerful, faster Bomba. I would really like to comapre a Fuel to a Synergy or Charger though.
|
|
power
Posting Freak
Posts: 1023
Registered: 12-7-2009
Member Is Offline
Mood: Arcy
|
|
I think there have been a fair number of improvements in the arcs since the bomba.
-08 Best Nemesis HP 14m
-07 North Rhino 10m
-05 Best Nemesis 10m
-04 Slingshot Fuel 13m
-05 Flexi Storm 8m, 10m, 12m, 14m (FOR SALE!!)
-05 Naish 5.5m (FOR SALE!!)
|
|
Jovver
Member
Posts: 431
Registered: 26-12-2008
Location: Cleveland, OH
Member Is Offline
|
|
Lol, I know, but you wanted someone's opinion and I had some to share!
|
|