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Re: Better upwind performance

Postby downunder » Tue May 01, 2018 2:00 pm

^
Plus, no looping on short lines. Which is a bugger for water start sometimes.

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Re: Better upwind performance

Postby Pedro Marcos » Thu May 03, 2018 10:06 am

I feel that the kite choice matters way more on the upwind angle then the hidrofoil, even between foil kites the difference is quite big. Ive been in the water with Chrono V2 UL vs R1V2 same size, and the R1 its just much better in either upwind angle or speed.

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Re: Better upwind performance

Postby downunder » Thu May 03, 2018 12:01 pm

Interesting, I think my Sonic v1 is better than r1v1, somehow R1 sits a bit more back. Different sizes tho, hard to compare.


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