RhinoII disappointing stability

[Guest]

Hi.
I made a test with the RhinoII kite and found a serious stability problem. I had the kite in zenith, I was laying on my back on the ground and then I let go of the bar, keeping the kite only in the depower loop. The kite stayed on the same spot in zenith for only a bit more than 3 minutes and then it started slowly sliding to the left. Could it be that I have my lines set up wrong or is this a manufacturing fault? I think this is a problem since I had thought that this kite is stable that I can leave it in the air while going for lunch.

[Thisl]

Hi,
I dont fly the rhino, but i have never seen any LEI that remains in autozenith.
3 Minutes is a good value!!!
The only kite I ever used, that has this feature is the standard arc.

Have fun, Thisl

[Toby]

3 minutes

I guess you ment 3 seconds?

With 3 seconds it could be a manufacturing problem, but 3 min are ok.

Maybe if you had an ARC before, it is different....

Let us know.

Greets
Toby

[Guest]

No but joking aside, the god d..m kite stayed up there for a 40-50s or so, incredible long anyway. It was just floating there like there wouldn´t be anything else to do. 100% depower on, just hanging from the depower line. I would say the turning & stability & power issue in the RII is amazing. The depower could be better... but as said, you cannot get everything into one kite.

[Guest]

Try it in Gusty conditions and you'll see how stable it really is. No kite will stay there in gusty conditions. If you have fan blowing conditions I know a lot of kite that can do that.