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question.gif posted on 20-10-2007 at 10:56 AM
Yak Question


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



Foil Kites: Flysurfer 12m Sonic 4, 10m Soul V2, Peak 5s and 5.5m Hybrid
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[*] posted on 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.



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[*] posted on 20-10-2007 at 06:03 PM


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



Foil Kites: Flysurfer 12m Sonic 4, 10m Soul V2, Peak 5s and 5.5m Hybrid
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[*] posted on 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.



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0.7m / 1.4m / 2.0m PKD Buster I
4.4m PKD Buster
10m JoJo RM+

6m Flysurfer Outlaw
12m Ozone Access
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