Re: Concept Air Smart Wave 6.5 & 4.5 & 3
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:17 am
Nice to hear that there are new people trying these kites! Happy for Benoît in particular because he always told me that these kites were often one of a kind because I was the only kite surfer asking him to build that sort of kitez. It took us 5 years of exchanges and tests to get there thanks to the continued interest of Benoît for this bizarre idea.
@jannik: Hi. Good question. My problem is that I use the same bar for several kites and I always need to adjust (even minimally) the trim at the start of the session and I fine tune when I am in the water (I like to be at the very limit of stalling the kite with the bar completely pulled in). Difficult to tell you if I am using the trim in the session because I never really asked myself the question, but I would say it is more on the "only a few times" side. In any case, I would start to fly the kite with the trim in order to find the correct tuning and then think about removing the trim - if you have no trim maybe add short lines with knots to your flying lines to find out your best tuning.
@Sergio: If you liked the PS4, I am nearly sure that you will like the Concept Air Waves. I used to fly and travel with my Psycho 4 (4m,6m and 10m DL) and I liked them in waves. When I started to fly the first Concept Air prototype in Australia however, I understood that this was the way to go and I don't fly my psychos 4 anymore. The early prototypes showed us the route. They were not perfect for sure but the feeling was already there and it took us some time before getting there (not only because work on design and testing were needed but also because Benoît has to earn money on projects with an actual demand + I pay for my kites and I am not really on the rich side).
Stef
PS: I created a new account, I don't like using the LesFoilZ account anymore as it is a community forum and I don't want to misled people.
@jannik: Hi. Good question. My problem is that I use the same bar for several kites and I always need to adjust (even minimally) the trim at the start of the session and I fine tune when I am in the water (I like to be at the very limit of stalling the kite with the bar completely pulled in). Difficult to tell you if I am using the trim in the session because I never really asked myself the question, but I would say it is more on the "only a few times" side. In any case, I would start to fly the kite with the trim in order to find the correct tuning and then think about removing the trim - if you have no trim maybe add short lines with knots to your flying lines to find out your best tuning.
@Sergio: If you liked the PS4, I am nearly sure that you will like the Concept Air Waves. I used to fly and travel with my Psycho 4 (4m,6m and 10m DL) and I liked them in waves. When I started to fly the first Concept Air prototype in Australia however, I understood that this was the way to go and I don't fly my psychos 4 anymore. The early prototypes showed us the route. They were not perfect for sure but the feeling was already there and it took us some time before getting there (not only because work on design and testing were needed but also because Benoît has to earn money on projects with an actual demand + I pay for my kites and I am not really on the rich side).
Stef
PS: I created a new account, I don't like using the LesFoilZ account anymore as it is a community forum and I don't want to misled people.