Flexifoil sting 3.3 first impressions
Static Flying
(well plan A static flying - realiety plan B being flung around like a sack of spuds )
My only previous experience was about 10 minutes with a 2 line big buzz and another Flexifoil stacker X2 witch did not get off the ground hardly at
all.
So after going on you tube and forums etc, wanted a 3m beginners kite.
So got my new sting 3.3 looked at weather 17mph winds , yippy i’m off.
Had help to set it all up held the handles and --
This 178kg wimp done a funny run fell on rear and was dragged along for a few yards on said rear then remembering breaks.
So put handles around tent peg to give time to recover. After some attempts later I put the brake lines on second knot and although only a inch
(25mm) or so apart, made a world of difference.Did have a very fun time although the wind had dropped off a bit by then. Arms are aching today but
worth it.
Thoughts about the kite
I crashed it many times, sometimes very hard indeed, but handled it with no problems all.The line was also great pulling me about with ease. The
handles I would have liked more padding or might just need gloves . The kite killers was wet at end of session, soaking in sweat from wrists and the
rope from them interfered a little, but so glad i had them on. When in the sky the black with white and red on both sides looks so cool
Just won a PL Hornet 4.0 on ebay .Don’t know if i have the bottle to try it out yet.