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KiwiDave
KiwiDave
VIC
192 posts
VIC, 192 posts
22 Jun 2014 9:43am
Can someone tell me what this kite is? I need to buy a second kite and I know I shouldn't choose based on the colour but this is the most beautiful thing on the water ....

or does your's look better?




Gilly3
Gilly3
QLD
800 posts
QLD, 800 posts
22 Jun 2014 11:44am
It's a 2011 Switchblade........

But don't worry, there are plenty around

They grow on trees
Kamikuza
Kamikuza
QLD
6493 posts
QLD, 6493 posts
22 Jun 2014 12:21pm
I found the bar pressure to be horrendous - you might want to rethink that choice. Although there's also a green/brown Cabrinha camo in the 2011 kites...

My first kite is a 13m Crossbow in that color scheme, but the red stripe is slightly different... it looks better too :D
Loftywinds
Loftywinds
QLD
2060 posts
QLD, 2060 posts
23 Jun 2014 12:47pm
A kite repairer once told me to always go for dark or preferably black coloured kites, as they absorb (or let it pass) heat more and hence fly faster through the air and the material lasts longer too. White or light coloured canopies reflect a lot of heat and actually get "hotter" and makes the material weaker and more prone to tears and pin holes.
T or F?
makntracks
makntracks
QLD
132 posts
QLD, 132 posts
23 Jun 2014 4:32pm
Loftywinds said...
A kite repairer once told me to always go for dark or preferably black coloured kites, as they absorb (or let it pass) heat more and hence fly faster through the air and the material lasts longer too. White or light coloured canopies reflect a lot of heat and actually get "hotter" and makes the material weaker and more prone to tears and pin holes.
T or F?


Thats definitely false... Red is always faster.
remo81
remo81
QLD
678 posts
QLD, 678 posts
24 Jun 2014 1:08pm
Loftywinds said...
A kite repairer once told me to always go for dark or preferably black coloured kites, as they absorb (or let it pass) heat more and hence fly faster through the air and the material lasts longer too. White or light coloured canopies reflect a lot of heat and actually get "hotter" and makes the material weaker and more prone to tears and pin holes.
T or F?


So Lofter, so you spend a bit of time talking to your kite repair bloke? In for a weekly visit???
Loftywinds
Loftywinds
QLD
2060 posts
QLD, 2060 posts
25 Jun 2014 12:17pm
remo81 said...

Loftywinds said...
A kite repairer once told me to always go for dark or preferably black coloured kites, as they absorb (or let it pass) heat more and hence fly faster through the air and the material lasts longer too. White or light coloured canopies reflect a lot of heat and actually get "hotter" and makes the material weaker and more prone to tears and pin holes.
T or F?



So Lofter, so you spend a bit of time talking to your kite repair bloke? In for a weekly visit???


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