Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 11:23:21 -1000 From: johnsona@novell2.chnt.gtegsc.com (Al Johnson) Message-Id: <31uak9$mo9@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division Subject: Re: Flexi-foil - Info needed !!! In message <31t1oi$7dq@jaffle-fddi.lmu.ac.uk>, D.Daykin@LMU.AC.UK (Dave Daykin) writes: >Hi all you kite flying experts, could any of you out there flying >Flexi-foil 6ft, 8ft or 10ft kites let me have you're opinion of them. > >I am considering buying the 8ft version :- > > a) does it pull ? > b) are they best to fly single or stacked ? > c) should i get two 6ft kites to stack ?? > >Any help or recommendations would be of help, E-mail me or reply to the >group if anyone else requires this info !! > >Thank in anticpation > > Dave I have an 8 foot flexi and enjoy it alot. It pulls hard but I have never had it in a wind over 20 mph. I don't have the budget to buy another one to stack so no comment there. I do think it is better than a single 6 footer. Al Johnson = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 23:45:54 -1000 From: D.Daykin@lmu.ac.uk (Dave Daykin) Message-Id: <31t1oi$7dq@jaffle-fddi.lmu.ac.uk> Organization: Leeds Metropolitan University Subject: Flexi-foil - Info needed !!! Hi all you kite flying experts, could any of you out there flying Flexi-foil 6ft, 8ft or 10ft kites let me have you're opinion of them. I am considering buying the 8ft version :- a) does it pull ? b) are they best to fly single or stacked ? c) should i get two 6ft kites to stack ?? Any help or recommendations would be of help, E-mail me or reply to the group if anyone else requires this info !! Thank in anticpation Dave = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 13:57:49 -1000 From: kritchie@physics.ubc.ca (Ken Ritchie) Message-Id: <31ujlt$4b7@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Organization: The University of British Columbia Subject: Re: Flexi-foil - Info needed !!! Hi, I have an 8 ft. flexi and have flown an 8 and 10 stacked. The 8 ft. has a good pull but is controllable in pretty well any wind conditions. It cannot lift me (160 lbs.) but in wet weather or snow can drag me around. On a snowboard you can be pulled slowly in a good wind. The 8-10 stack is great. The pull is amazing even in a light to fair wind. I was always on the edge of being draged or lifted. It's a lot of fun. I was told that a 10 ft. is much stronger than an 8 ft. in pull. I will someday buy a 10 to start a stack, then a 6 to finish it off. Ken Ritchie kritchie@physics.ubc.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Lame puns are pound for pound your best entertainment value" - Gogo Dodo = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 00:08:39 -1000 From: andrewh@barney.harvard.edu (Andrew Hawken) Message-Id: <325077$o1u@beta.qmw.ac.uk> Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK Subject: Re: Flexi-foil - Info needed !!! A word of warning on 6ft's.... The incremental cost of buying a second/third/fourth is just slightly two low, so that when you happen to have to walk past a kite store and have just been paid....... Andy -- ____________________________Andrew Hawken______________________________ "However many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead" R Dawkins. Home : 0895 420110 QMW : 071 975 5542 AIIT : 0494 677045 Email : A.Hawken@QMW.AC.UK = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 17:18:11 -1000 From: euler.jsc.nasa.gov@das.harvard.edu (Ray J. Gomez) Message-Id: Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center Subject: Re: Flexi-foil - Info needed !!! In article <31t1oi$7dq@jaffle-fddi.lmu.ac.uk>, D.Daykin@LMU.AC.UK (Dave Daykin) wrote: > Hi all you kite flying experts, could any of you out there flying > Flexi-foil 6ft, 8ft or 10ft kites let me have you're opinion of them. > > I am considering buying the 8ft version :- > > a) does it pull ? > b) are they best to fly single or stacked ? > c) should i get two 6ft kites to stack ?? > > Any help or recommendations would be of help, E-mail me or reply to the > group if anyone else requires this info !! > > Thank in anticpation > > Dave Not an expert by any means, but I do have an 8ft Flexi and a pair of 6footers. The 8ft is one of my favorite kites in any sort of wind, it has a decent pull and in high winds can be a handful. Flying single is probably my favorite. Stacked 6fts is a totally different story, not as maneuverable with a lot more pull. Stacking is great for power but I find that I miss the maneuverability. My 0.02, Ray -- Ray Gomez Mail Code EG3 NASA JSC Houston, TX 77058 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:19:04 -1000 From: bugjon@aol.com (BUGJON) Message-Id: <32dtj8$rq6@search01.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Flexi-foil - Info needed !!! In article , euler.jsc.nasa.gov (Ray J. Gomez) writes: I flew a 10' Flexi in competition for several years. It is a wonderful kite and IMO the most graceful kite in the sky. It is extremely fast (hold the world's record 121mph) but pulls like a Mack truck. It was very easy for me to get pulled out of bounds if the wind came up during my competition routine. The 6' is the most agile of the bunch, if agile is a word that one could apply to Flexi's. Not as fast as the 10' but much easier to turn. The 8' has become my favorite. Almost the speed of the 10' and easy to handle like the 6'. Get the 8'. and don't forget the Ultrafles spar. You absolutly have to have it. Jon = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =