Has anyone seen or herd of the new F-one M5 ??
seen here, but I've never seen 1 in Aus?

www.f-one.world/

As chopper knows since he rides F1's, to date theyhave been great and M5 probably good too . Don't luff, excellent upwind and relaunch and airtime and pretty tough.

Why no-one sells them now in WA? Maybe cause kite market is flooded right now and few people are prepared to pay $2000 for a top of the line kite which is roughly what an F1 costs now?

Most kites here in WA are Airrush as the distributor is here and so more margin that can be used for promotion (shown by the number of riders sponsored or semi-sponsored to ride Airrush kites such as Ryland). Also lots of Slingshot's as it had the one pump system which has been a big selling point for them.

We don't even see too many Naishs here, Ocean Rodeo's, Globe RIders and heaps of other good kites..doesn't mean they aren't great kites and possibly better than some of the more popular ones here in WA. Not even many Liquid Force which seem to be really good value.

Probably if there were more sponsored riders of these other kites they would get on and plug them as well Just there is not the market for about 10 different brands in WA and so not enough money to go around.

I reckon there are heaps of kites out there roughly equal and the bargain you can get and personal preference is all that matters.

yeah.. im not that worried about price,I just like the product, and the most ive paid was $1700 for a 16m.. so I'd say the "craze" for the same kite that the sponsored riders are riding is the main reason.. I like the look of it though... main changes from last model are tip changes, mounting positions, trailing edge, and 5th line by the looks..wonder how it goes?

Hung Long,

What kites are you talking about ?

We can all assume they would be the BEST?

geese i hope u guys are gettin paid commission for all these plugs.
hehe
lol

HEHE FUNNY BEAR.

It is all about personal preferance , and every kite is weighted towards an area of performance .
As far as pushing new design , the wing tips that are on the new F1's was introduced by Flexifoil a couple of years ago .
One pump , recon and the 5th line are features that don't increase performance but are a bit like 4 wheel steering on cars and parking sensors , nice to have . 5th line and recon are good safety systems , but still do have a few drawbacks .
If you want raw performance try the Lift pro , this kite has been rated as the highest performance kite available on the market by different mags around the world .
User friendly kites that are simple to use with out a lot of clutter that can cause other problems is my personal preferance as I tend to use my gear a lot and don't always pull off what I am trying .
The new 05 kites from Airush are all very "user friendly" and the progression made is a better balance of usable performance and handeling . Like improving suspension , ABS braking and traction controle rather than just putting more HP under the hood .All these things let you concentrate on what you want to do rather than on what the kite is doing .
As far as the bad warranties go , it happened and I will leave it at that .

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Originally posted by extralite

...if you have a look at the new FONE that started this thread, it looks like they have pushed kite design, not followed the others. An elipitical tip is aerodynamically more efficient due to less wingtip vortice generation ( I think). It is not used in most slow speed airfoils on planes because it is less stable but could be good for kite turning speed. www.fonekites.com. It just looks like it is pushing kite design with something different.

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Sorry Extralite what are you talking about... Have you seen UK based Flexifoil kites from 2002/03 and Sydney based Monkey kites 2003 and currant models. Both companies have been using this wingtip design for a while. FONE's are not pushing kite designs at all, I've never flown an FONE so cant comment what they fly like.

If you've never dropped your kite, your not trying hard enough !
To hear your knee go POP ruins a kite trip !
Sucide leash's and onshore conditions are a interesting combination !
Broken ribs SUCK !

Monkey kites... you have got to be joking comparing this tip with the M5 tip....from that picture take a look in the M5 gallery at the tip picture and tell me if it looks anything like the monkey?.. the monkey kite appears to just have a rounded corner with still a 90 degree angle between leading edge and tip horizontal edge... the M5 is like an actual eliptical ie the horizontal never gets horizontal if you look at it... show me another kite that has done this..... because I couldn't find any, gastra is the same... still a squared corner.....and i also herd that some of the top riders (franz olry )have changed over to F1 next year. i agree with extralight on this one... i have never seen that shape before

found a review at kiteforum.com/index.php?page=http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2308795&navi=1&button=forum

that sounds prety promising!


www.monkeykites.com/videofiles/28meter/pages/20mkiteob_jpg.htm

www.f-onekites.com/New_site/anglais/kite.php4?id_kite=6

it doesn't have an eliptical tip... have a look at the pictures... it just has a bent front leading edge bladder thats all