is there such a thing? Anyone know of anything like this....basicaly making the kite go as fast as possible static so really fast but no, to little power.

Hey Sailor,
Yep.
The Flexifoil 6' Power Kite.
Back in the late 80's, I believe.
Clocked at over 110 mph ground speed, I believe.

Back in the day of flying on long lines - 150' plus.
And Stacks!
Peels and Chevrons!
Ahhh The Sweet Days Of Our Youth!


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

cool!!! but probably none existant in this day and age!!

yep. i remember the record was held by a 6' Flexifoil 'Stacker'. The Flexifoils are basically, high AR, very rectangular foils with one leading edge spar, no bridle and two lines.
I believe they are:
4' Hotshot, 6' Stacker, 8' Pro team, 10' Super 10, I've only heard of a 4' Hotshot I know nothing about it.
I still have a Super 10 and I believe it has 150' lines. I wanted a 6' or 8' but the kite shop had only a 10'.
I can't remember the name(s) but there were/are some deltas made for speed. the ones I seen hanging in a kite shop were quite large too and pretty high aspect.
A lot of fun was had watching/listening to my Super 10 scream(literally) across the sky. The harder you pulled on the handles the more it loved it.
I'm not sure but I think it would be easy enough to find those Flexis still new or close to it.
I probably would have added the 6 and 8 footers too had i not started flying Revs.
Paul

Paul we'll have to dig it out next week when i'm in Calgary...

A couple of those sparred stackers came up for sale from time to time in the UK when I first started lurking the kite forums a couple of years ago....

But yes it's been ages since I've seen one for sale.

I'd like to fly one some time, also a rev, definitely the blast at some point...

Every kite has something unique to teach, I find...

They come up on EBay and also Kite-Classifieds (there is a custom one there now.... but way pricey). I believe there is a store out on the Cape (Cod) that still has a backlog of the Flexifoils.

Same designer also made the Premier RM Speedfoils... tad newer, so you can still find them.

For giggles you might also want to do a YouTube search for "Long Duong Tiger II"

ATB,
Sam

This is real speed kiting

speed kiting


not static though

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Originally posted by popeyethewelder This is real speed kiting speed kiting not static though

oh my God

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Originally posted by Tonka Paul we'll have to dig it out next week when i'm in Calgary...

absolutely!!!
Paul