www.kitesurf.fr/viewtopic_1115.html

if so... what does any of this say bout the dream 3?

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It is a pretty rough tranlation, but it should be enough to give you the gist of it.

For example, the first post:
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Salut,

Selon FS.com c'une vrai 9m cette ann?e donc moi qui voulais plutot la 8m j'ai pos? une question et un gars qui avait test? les deux m'a dit que la 8 demare pas avant 30 noeuds !!! Du coup elle devient beaucoup moins bien dans un quiver avec 12- 16 Neutral

Donc : est ce quelqu'un a test? ces ailes ???!!! J'aurai surtout aim? connaitre leur plage de vent ou au moins la 9 car il elle se tient assez loin... (pour 70- 75 kg)

Je suis un peu dans le flou pour l'achat de ma Dream et je croi que je vais attendre qu'il y ait plus de tests.
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Hello, According to FS.com it a truth 9m this year thus me which wanted the 8m rather I put a question and a guy who had tested both said to me that the 8 demare not before 30 nodes!!! Blow it becomes much less better in a quiver with 12 16 Neutral Donc: is this somebody tested these wings???!!! I will have especially liked to know their beach of wind or at least the 9 bus it it is held enough far... (for 70 75 kg) I am a little in the blur for the purchase of my Dream and I croi until I will wait that there are more tests.
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And one of the wordier responses:
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Salut Nico

Pour l'histoire de la Dream III je l'ai test? en 9 M et 8 M lors du meeting revendeurs F- One ? Port- Camargue le 7 et 8 Novembre

Je vais pouvoir te donner juste un petit apercu car je les ai test?s seulement 3/4 H la 9 M'avec 118/35 et la 8 M 20 minutes avec style 128/35

Conditions du test : 18/30 noeuds irr?gulier
Gabarit : 75 kg

Pour la 9 M c'est vrai qu'elle est un peu plus douce encore dans les bras (je veux dire qu' il y a moins d'a coup dans les rafales) compar? ? la 9 Dream II

Pour le d?part au planning j'ai eu l'impression qu'elle partait aussi vite, bonne maniabilit?, bonne vitesse d'?volution, bonne sustentation, un peu plus stable du fait de la 5 ?me ligne.

Pour la 8 M je trouve vraiment que c'est une aile qui part assez vite bon c'est sur qu'il faut un plus par rapport ? la 9 M Mais sinc?rement il ne lui faut pas 30 noeuds
Disons 30 noeuds pour vraiment commencer ? te satelliser dans les sauts

Quand je l'ai essay? il devait y avoir a peu pr?s 22/23 noeuds et j'arrivais ? garder mon planning mais en la faisant ?voluer et quand j'?tais cal? ? peu pr?s 25/26 noeuds

Maintenant je ne pourrais te dire ce qu'elle vaut dans les sauts car comme le vent n'?tais pas tr?s r?gulier et juste l'aile ne portait pas.

Sinon maniabillit? et autres m?me comportement que la 9 M sauf qu'elle se tient plus loin

Voil? Monsieur

A + Ludovic botrel

Team kite Planet Gliss St- brieuc/langueux
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Salut Nico For the history of Dream III I tested it in 9 M and 8 M at the time of the meeting retailers F One in Port- the Camargue the 7 and 8 November I will be able to give you small just seen because I tested them only 3/4 H the 9 Me with 118/35 and the 8 M 20 minutes with style 128/35 Test conditions: 18/30 nodes irregular Gauge: 75 kg For the 9 M it be true that it be a little more soft still in the arm (I want say that it there be less of A blow in the gust) compare to 9 Dream II For the departure with planning I have have the impression than it leave also quickly, good handiness, good speed of evolution, good lift, a little more stable because of the 5 2nd line. For the 8 M I find really that it be a wing which leave rather quickly good it be on that it need one more compared to the 9 M But sincerely it him need not 30 node Say 30 node for really start to you put into orbit in the jump When I it have test it be y have have little close 22/23 node and I manage to keep my planning but in it make evolve and when I be fix about 25/26 node Now I can you say it that it be worth in the jump bus as the wind be not very regular and right the wing carry not. If not maniabillity and others even behavior that the 9 M except that it is held further Voil? Mr A + Ludovic botrel TEAM kite Planet Gliss brieuc/langueux St
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Hi,

I have had a quick read and here is my fairly rough translation of a couple of posts from the first two pages. If you want more info, let me know and I will have a better look tonight but for now I have to work. I'm sorry if there are mistakes and some bits I am not sure how to translate ( I am a newbie to kiteboarding)...it might give you a rough idea anyway.

First post- he talked to a guy who had tried one and said The 8m won’t launch under 30knots.

Next post -guy who tried the 9m and the 8m when he met with F-one resellers. Only spent 3-4hrs on the 9m with a 118/35 board and 20 mins on the 8m with a 128/35 board. Wind was 18/30 knotts, gusty I think- it says irregular. Rider weighs 75kg

9m- Its a bit softer on the arms in that you don’t feel the gusts as much compared to the dream II. It gets you planning as quickly as the dream II, has good manouvrability and picks up speed well, good lift and is a bit more stable due to the 5th line.

8m- it gets going fairly quick, sure it needs a bit more than the 9m but not 30knots. Say 30 knots to jump into orbit i.e. get some real height.

When he tried it the wind was around 22/23 knots and he could keep planning by working (doubt this is the right word, I don’t know the right one but it means when you keep the kite moving to pick up speed) and could keep planning with the kite locked (again I’m not sure it’s the right terem in english) in place at around 25/26 knots. He couldn’t say what it was like to jump as the wind was too gusty (and possibly turbulent?) and the kite wouldn’t carry. Otherwise the manouvrability and other characteristics were like that of the 9m

- Another post on the dream III 12m.

A super easy kite to fly, could practically do it with your hands behind you back (thought keeping them on the bar is better). It has practically the same range as the M5 but is less powerful and moreover less controllable when riding overpowered (think that’s what surtoilee means). He found the characteristics similar to the Dream II 9m. The ability to lift is reasonably important in a kite with this aspect ratio and this kite was about equal to the M5 on this point. This kite also has the same tendancy to surborder (I don’t know this word, but given the derivation it means something along the line of going over or past the edge of something..the wind window maybe?), this could be annoying for amateurs riding unhooked. Otherwise the kite is very neat and secure with the advantage of also having good perfomance. All this on top of the active 5 system (the fifth line?) is pure joy. For his part he prefers the M5 because he’s fairly light weight he gets more power for the same surface area and can get a bigger wind range.

Hope this helped.

Cas