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Re: Kite for 18+ knots

Postby Frank Rosin » Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:59 pm

4m + 5m can work really well. Think +25%.
The smaller the kites the closer they can be in size to make sense.
Enduro 4m is an amazing high end kite.

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Re: Kite for 18+ knots

Postby windmaker » Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:21 pm

Frank Rosin wrote:
Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:59 pm
4m + 5m can work really well. Think +25%.
The smaller the kites the closer they can be in size to make sense.
Enduro 4m is an amazing high end kite.

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Frank
:thumb: I have 3/4/5/6 and 8m kites. 3 to 5m is a huge gap. Even 3 to 4m is a little too big in my opinion, 3.5 to 4m would be better. 4 to 5m is perfect. Offcourse this can vary if you mix brands and models.

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Re: Kite for 18+ knots

Postby junebug » Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:00 pm

Okay, thanks. That makes sense from a % of square footage perspective. I have a 10m and 7m, which is about a 30% gap, and there isn’t a lot of overlapping range. (I know 10m/7m description isn’t 100% accurate, but I get the idea.)

Any intel on the Uno 4m?


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