metsag
Junior Member
Posts: 19
Registered: 11-10-2009
Location: South Africa
Member Is Offline
|
|
New to this
Good day
Last week I flown some powerkite and enjoyed it alot .
I saw a secondhand kite ( Rhombus Anum 7.2 ) for a good price in the paper . Would you think this is a good kite to start on ?
Kites :
Eolo Radsail 3m
Flexifoil Ion 9m
Broken bones : None
Other equipment : Mystic Aviator Seat harness
|
|
|
Maven454
Posting Freak
Posts: 1838
Registered: 2-7-2009
Location: Northern Virginia (DC)
Member Is Offline
Mood: I has a grumpy.
|
|
Welcome to PKF. That's an awfully big kite for a beginner. I don't know anything more about them though.
"I gave up on wind speeds... its either crappy, gravy, epic, or stupid... in that order"
--Drewculous
Ozone: Imp III Quattro 1m and 1.5m, Flow 2m, 3m, 4m, and 5m.
NAPKA# US454
|
|
|
metsag
Junior Member
Posts: 19
Registered: 11-10-2009
Location: South Africa
Member Is Offline
|
|
But I don't want to be buying a new kite 2 months down the line
Kites :
Eolo Radsail 3m
Flexifoil Ion 9m
Broken bones : None
Other equipment : Mystic Aviator Seat harness
|
|
|
Maven454
Posting Freak
Posts: 1838
Registered: 2-7-2009
Location: Northern Virginia (DC)
Member Is Offline
Mood: I has a grumpy.
|
|
Unless you generally have really light winds, a 7.2 fixed bridle is awfully big.
"I gave up on wind speeds... its either crappy, gravy, epic, or stupid... in that order"
--Drewculous
Ozone: Imp III Quattro 1m and 1.5m, Flow 2m, 3m, 4m, and 5m.
NAPKA# US454
|
|
|
metsag
Junior Member
Posts: 19
Registered: 11-10-2009
Location: South Africa
Member Is Offline
|
|
Ja we don't have very strong winds up here
Kites :
Eolo Radsail 3m
Flexifoil Ion 9m
Broken bones : None
Other equipment : Mystic Aviator Seat harness
|
|
|
metsag
Junior Member
Posts: 19
Registered: 11-10-2009
Location: South Africa
Member Is Offline
|
|
Is 15 km/h a high average for 14 days . Would you consider that strong or light winds ?
Kites :
Eolo Radsail 3m
Flexifoil Ion 9m
Broken bones : None
Other equipment : Mystic Aviator Seat harness
|
|
|
Bladerunner
Posting Freak
Posts: 9679
Registered: 17-10-2006
Location: Vancouver
Member Is Offline
|
|
FOR a 7m
Y.E.S. !!!!!!! 
Rule / 1 with kites. One kite won`t do it all.
Everyone wants to start with too big a kite. It sucks but starting smaller really is the only right way to go.
If you buy a QUALITY small kite it will serve you for your whole kiting life. It will become the best investmant you ever made.
Even if you have to sell it. A quality 3m kite will hold value and re-sell way faster that a big clunker.
Go to www.coastalwindsports.com and check out the tutorials. Angus explains thing real well.
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)
|
|
|
mougl
Posting Freak
Posts: 2907
Registered: 12-5-2009
Location: Naples, FL
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stoked for JIBE!!!
|
|
7m FB Is huge to begin with. I started with a 5.6 and found myself purchasing a smaller foil in very short order. Start 3-4m and you won't be sorry. I
couldn't agree more with what Bladerunner said. Solid advice!
US357
PB: 53.1 mph
|
|
|
acampbell
Posting Freak
Posts: 3879
Registered: 26-7-2006
Location: Las Cruces, NM. Sometimes
Member Is Offline
Mood: Digging Deserts and Mts.
|
|
Do not fall in to the "big is better" trap. Remember that the larger the kite, the smaller the practical usable wind range. So with a bigger kite,
you are in a way getting less kite for the money.
Instead of tiring of your "little" 3-4m kite, it will become your high winds kite and you will be flying it in 35 km/h - something you would not
(should not) dream of for starters.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/perspective/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
