Has any one flown it in gusty winds? I cant find anything in any of the forums. I have the 7m, 9m and 11m Edge. I love the 9, and 11, but the 7 is like a bucking bronco in gusty winds. It constantly falls back into the window and then snaps forward so hard it hurts your arms. I thought it was me but another lad went out on it and it was doing the same. It does not make sense when the 9m and 11m handle the gusts so well.
Put it like this, the last time I was out, I was edging hard and a gust hit and I simply fell backwards into the water, the kite lost all power and the lines went slack, then it snapped forward to the edge of the window and near wrenched my arms out of their sockets.
The only thing that I can think of is there was human error when this one was being built or ???????????
Thanks
Patrick

Thanks for the info. Love my 11m Edge. Was considering a 7m. Will think again

I stripped the bridals down of the 11 and the 9 and measured them and reckoned if the 7 is the same kite the bridal lines should decrease in equal percentages. The attachment points to the leading edge did as I thought all the same but the 7m first attachment point was 1 cm closer to the centre and bridal was totally different. So I sewed a bridal up myself according to what difference was between the 11 and the 9. When we took it out and fluid there was a great improvement but there was still a bit of dropping back not as bad. This is why I think there may be a mistake somewhere in this kite. I have heard no other complaints anywhere on the web so I believe this is a one-off human error.

I could not find any reviews of the 7m 2011 edge anywhere or anyone who has flown one ,so I take it if there is no news that is good news.
The dealer is replacing the kite for me he is off the same opinion human error, we wouldn't be human if we got it right all the time. The 9 and they 11 are brilliant kites, very friendly, stable and really good fun to be out on. So I wouldn't hold off buying them I think this one is the black sheep of the family. I am quite happy for the dealer to replace this 7 with another 7 edge.

As I say 2 metres smaller cannot make that much of a difference. The difference is like between a Ferrari and a bad tempered donkey and cart.

hi rob ive emailed you the info from chris on the 7 edge,if you can post it to the topic so all can read, i tried but im a bit of a retard on the pc. cheers mick

cauncy said...

hi rob ive emailed you the info from chris on the 7 edge,if you can post it to the topic so all can read, i tried but im a bit of a retard on the pc. cheers mick

Sorry, a bit late with this. Been kiting Wedge and Hangover bay :-)

Cut and Paste:
Hi Mike,

I have checked out the thread on sea breeze just to get a feel for what the problem was with that kite.

On the 2011 Edges I don't know of any bridle mods that were released by Ozone and the reference made to this by Kite Power I think relates to the 2010 bridle mod which as far as I know was only on the 11mtr kite.(Having received the replacement part from ozone)



I have always thought the stability on the Edge was better than the C4 and pretty damn good but I honestly can't vouch for the 7mtr as I have not tried that one of this year for myself.

It may be that in gusty winds it could be a bit of a handful though as it is high aspect and trimmed for speed, so I can imagine that in those sort of conditions it could behave just as described.



When I used to race kite buggies it was always the smaller kites that would have the potential for misbehaving as with high aspect ratios and thin profiles there is less room for trimming and only smaller adjustments can be made. Also perhaps the chap from Ireland was flying in very rough conditions. When the kites are tested and trimmed quite often this is done in good conditions and I bet in clean laminar air the kite would be rock solid.



It is hard to pass judgement on this as I can only go on what I have experienced in the past and what others are saying. I don't think there would be large amounts of 7mtr kites sold though to be honest, so feedback on this may be very limited.



If there is any doubt though, I would err on the side of caution and consider a well established kite known for its rock solid stability if that is the overriding factor and would suggest thinking of 8mtr Catalyst as an alternative.



Hope this helps,

Chris.



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