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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby revhed » Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:29 pm

alsbirk wrote: I am so lucky to have an Elite 9 with me to St. Croix right now - very smooth ride ride indeed - taking the foil butter feeling to the next level and I can keep the kite nicely in the air in even the most shitty wind conditions. Much better handling than I expected..and the performance and feeling is just amazing. I can´t compare much with other RAM airs though as I have not been ram´airing much since my buggy days :-)
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disclaimer. I have been involved with R&D for LF for a decade and I like LF products .
Interesting that this information is not mentioned on his profile or this threads post?
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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby windmaker » Sat Jan 09, 2016 7:25 am

revhed wrote:
alsbirk wrote: I am so lucky to have an Elite 9 with me to St. Croix right now - very smooth ride ride indeed - taking the foil butter feeling to the next level and I can keep the kite nicely in the air in even the most shitty wind conditions. Much better handling than I expected..and the performance and feeling is just amazing. I can´t compare much with other RAM airs though as I have not been ram´airing much since my buggy days :-)
alsbirk wrote: /Thomas
disclaimer. I have been involved with R&D for LF for a decade and I like LF products .
Interesting that this information is not mentioned on his profile or this threads post?
R H
Haha not so lucky after all. St Croix is nice though...

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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby xulpix » Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:23 pm

alsbirk wrote:
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I am so lucky to have an Elite 9 with me to St. Croix right now - very smooth ride ride indeed - taking the foil butter feeling to the next level and I can keep the kite nicely in the air in even the most shitty wind conditions. Much better handling than I expected..and the performance and feeling is just amazing. I can´t compare much with other RAM airs though as I have not been ram´airing much since my buggy days :-)

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That kite is the best foil I ever flown! 15 years of kiting and really that kite blow me away! No bar pressure, upwind like crazy, NO wrap in any circomstance, take shitty wind and don't move... Not a racing kite but for shure a real hydrofoil friendly kite! Just tried it you will see for yourself!

Have a good ride!
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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby Partydk » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:08 am

The Prices is now out.
http://kitesport.nu/shop/liquid-force-elite-2025p.html


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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby windmaker » Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:54 am

Many new and unknown posters praising this kite :

"I am so lucky to have one", "The best ever", " Get one quickly before they sell out".

Relax guys, if the kite is so good it will advertise itself, praising a product based on affiliation, preferences and no direct comparison, is worthless.

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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby joriws » Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:00 pm

windmaker wrote:Many new and unknown posters praising this kite :

"I am so lucky to have one", "The best ever", " Get one quickly before they sell out".

Relax guys, if the kite is so good it will advertise itself, praising a product based on affiliation, preferences and no direct comparison, is worthless.
Engineering analysis shows a lot of bridle (and bridle drag) in the kite. On A-row center of kite every cell has bridle attachments when high performance competitors have every 3rd cell.

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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby cosmo » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:05 pm

for sure the Chrono 1-2, R1, FR or any foil kite in the word will be "NO wrap in any circomstance, take shitty wind and don't move" if they have a bride per cell. :lol:

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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby foilholio » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:37 am

It's every cell in the center then every 2nd towards the tips. Is there really much benefit to reducing bridles? You use less they then become thicker, the kite may become thicker too and the internal structure definitely becomes more complicated, i.e. a nightmare to repair.

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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby holden » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:02 am

i doubt that the bridle shown in the sketch represents the real bridle setup?!?!

however, the things i noticed from the data is, that the 15 has 10 cells less than the joker6, the ar is even a wee bit more and it is lighter. i assume that the reduced cell count (compared to the joker6) leads to less weight and a thicker profile.

i looking forward to checking it out back to back to my joker6 as soon as it gets warmer around here...

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Re: Liquid Force Elite foil

Postby joriws » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:52 am

Via screenshot at Issuu - stored as PNG for keeping details as much as possible

- Bridle - hard to separate the rows
- Zipper :)
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