14ToeSide wrote:Oh no. Here we go again. I can see a LOCKDOWN coming!!!
Not necessarily...he does say that similar size LW kites would have done just as well in that wind
So we cannot bust on him for exaggerating that particular kite
We can see by full suit that spring just arrived and he is enjoying a very nice steady light wind flow
The hand held windmeter does its best to capture the speed of the wind where rider is
The Fat Lady had the long lines while flying which is nice to use in such low wind
If no windmeter was in that video my guess would be 7-8kn max in kite just by the riding & water
to Blade for posting on their website a low end of 8 knots for a 17m2 on 27m lines
We like some instrumentation when reporting...it is OK to use them to get a general idea
But what makes a huge difference here was to say that similar kites would have performed as well
A small 3kn wind increase at kite level from what we call vertical gradient is often all it takes
Once again i like how his post was written...it was well presented
No foul play...no lockdown..positive comments are possible on KF
Thank you