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Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:21 pm
by gwicke
The eighth iteration of the Elf Joker is out:
https://www.elfkite.com/kites
With a projected AR of around 6.7 for the 11m, and closer to 6.9 for larger sizes, I believe this is the highest aspect foil kite now on the market. For comparison, the Ozone R1v2 is relatively low aspect at around 5.7. I am curious about its handling, and also weights.
Kite data spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 8b3Ck/edit
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:35 am
by joriws
Believing is not knowing. Flysurfer sonic race is AR 7.45 to 7.75
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:39 am
by gwicke
joriws wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:35 am
Believing is not knowing. Flysurfer sonic race is AR 7.45 to 7.75
Flat on the ground, but not projected. The Joker 8 is 7.5 to 7.9 flat on the ground, and has slightly less arc than the sonic. Hence the slightly larger difference in projected AR.
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:11 pm
by Bille
joriws wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:35 am
Believing is not knowing. Flysurfer sonic race is AR 7.45 to 7.75
Ouch !!
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:24 pm
by gwicke
@Bille, the Sonic 2 is older and lower aspect than the 2017 Sonic Race @jorisw was referring to. See
https://flysurfer.com/project/sonic-race/. Its projected AR is somewhere around 6.2, lower than the Sonic Race and Joker 8.
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:56 pm
by Bille
The Joker 8 has got 77 cells (?) ; if so, then i'm officially Impressed !!!
Bille
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:11 pm
by SonjaH
does anyone of the top riders still use elf?
Re: Elf Joker 8 released
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 4:39 pm
by Mossy 757
SonjaH wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:11 pm
does anyone of the top riders still use elf?
Other than Roman's daughter Elena, not many use them for hydrofoil racing on water, but they're all over the snow/ice scene. I think they have a large market share of eastern europe/scandinavia compared to other brands. They're really good kites if you get them dialed, but the Joker 7 was a bit heavy compared to its peers ,so it never really performed as well on the water compared to F-One, Ozone, etc.