will probably get a 3rd pair this year - for $200 bucks relatively cheap vs. regular frame/lense costs. On what planet is $200 cheap?!? I got a pair of seaspecs that were quite distorted (curved lenses don't do well with astigmatism), and also lose their advertised floatation ability with prescript...
Others may have better ideas, but a slight tweak of the method in the manual is what I do. The zip (which I thought was big enough) is slightly offcenter, so I try to sand the opposite wingtip first with the rest flagging downwind. Then unzip and throw the bridle on top. Next fold over the loose win...
The last poster is spot on, vortex generators are boundary devices they help with stall, not lift, and they do this by increasing, not reducing drag. Great if you have 1200 horses in your left hand, no use on a kite. What they use on the front of paragliders is entirely different and is there to de...
In fact turbolators are used on each an every LEI kite - it's the LE seam and its position exactly on the bottom of the LE. Right, and parafoils may be naturally turbulated due to their roughness. Advance (brand) paragliders have the tip winglets seen below to reduce wingtip vortices, but Flysurfer...
I also saw on your website an airintake which can be opened or closed, what is this for? From reading foilzone forum, closing that appears to change the kite from a hardcore "C" type behavior to more mellow "bow" type behavior. Sounds really handy, but likely to lead to confusing reviews by folks w...
I get the font size collapsing to microscopic when the ad-refresh cycle automatically kicks in. I think there are irregularities in both Mac Firefox3 and Kiteforum, which add up to bad chemistry. Until one side or the other changes, you might experiment with some http://www.kiteforum.com/smartfeed_u...
It used to seem more important that you carried yellow fever documentation than getting the actual shot. This probably isn't true any more, but I guess if the problem spread you could get trapped in a sudden quarantine either in your destination country or returning to your home country. So normally...
Watch out though guys if its near any runways. Theres an FAA rule that states no kites over 5 lbs within 5 miles of the airport. I have to look up the the exact order but its a pretty big deal. That does sound within 5 miles of a Marine Base airstrip with occasional low flights likely, and I includ...