Sean, I think race kites are the only ones you CAN get that big... particularly the Vapor... There used to be a YouTube vid of a guy on a 16m Vapor
booking like crazy in 3 mph winds... I'll look and see if I can find it.
I often thought of a giant fixed bridle for those "non wind" days, but any amount of gust factor will have you seriously over powered before you know
what happened. Just wouldn't work well in Wisconsin. Now if I lived on the coast somewhere I'd be game...
SS Turbine 17m
SS Rally 14m
SS Rally 12m
SS RPM 10m
SS Rally 8m
SS Rally 6m
FS Speed 3 15m dlx
FS Peak 2 6m
Ozone Frenzy 9m
Ozone Access XT 6m
PL Farc 1200
What I ride:
Home brew buggy
Volkl race tiger DH 210
Dynastar DH 218
Blizzard Cochise 185
Steepwater 179 twin tip
Aboards Reverse 161
I've got a 16.1 Vapor and the thing is an absolute beast! You can truly fly it in the lightest of winds. But it rarely gets used. Should have just got
an 11 or 12m and put on an extra 10 meter lineset.
I'm in the process of saving some money for the 8.6. I here the 2's are pretty sweet!
Flexifoil Blurr 2.5, Ozone Cult 3.5, Nasa Star 3 4.0 Ozone Yakuza 4.0, PL Reactor 4.9, JoJo RM+ 5.0, Ozone Method 5.0, Ozone Yakuza 6.0, Flexifoil
Blade IV 6.5, Nasa Star 3 7.0, PL Vapor 7.8, JoJo RX 8.0 (in route), Flexifoil Blade VIP 8.5, PL Vapor 9.4, Ozone Yakuza 10.0, PL Reactor II 10.8, PL
Vapor 16.1, PL Venom II 13, PL Charger 15, 19, Flysurfer Unity 12, Flysurfer Pulse 2 14, Flysurfer Speed 2 SA 19, Flysurfer Speed 3 21, MBS Comp 95
landboard, PL Folding buggy, PL XR+ buggy, Slingshot LFT, Lots of surfboards
Wow, that 2.7 has the same upper wind range as the old 2.3. The 2.3 was very nice to have on high wind days on Ivanpah. I wondered why they cut the
smallest size. I've spend 3 years amassing a small sizes half set of original vapors. I'm not getting on the upgrade bandwagon all at once, but
might pick up some critical sizes as opportunities come up. They are sweet kites in smooth winds.
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore IvanpahBuggyExpo.com Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
The 2.3 Vapor really was too much of a handfull, quite a lot of pilots opted for the small 2.2 Reactor instead as it's more stable, that's why we cut
the smallest size.
I've flown or owned both and the small Reactor was an angry little kite in the winds I needed it for. 2.3 Vapor is tame by comparison in regards to
stability and predictability.
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore IvanpahBuggyExpo.com Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
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