Flexifoil Stacker 6

One year ago my other half kindly bought me a Flexifoil Stacker 6 after I had shown a small amount of interest in one on the internet. It turned out to be one of the best presents I got.

Firstly to describe the package you get. It comes in a long thin cover which carries the kite and everything else you need such as the ling and handles. The kite itself seems to be very well made and I have stacked it into the ground many times (maybe that's why it's called the Stacker!) and it has survived intact.

This was my first kite yet I found the set up to be a piece of cake. Assemble the spar and slide it through the leading edge of the kite. Attach the lines to either end of this and you're ready to go.

My first experiences of launching the kite involved my girlfriend holding it in the air and launching it that way. No problems with this but it did rule out solo flying. Since then however I can now launch it off the ground solo very easily and even launch it after it has landed upside down. As it's a small kite it does however need that little bit more wind than bigger kites.

Flying the kite couldn't be simpler. It goes pretty much where you point it and uses alot of the wind window. However if you fly it too close to the edge it can be hard to save. After practise and experience though you soon learn where the kite will and will not go. This kite advertises itself as holding the world record for speed. I don't know if this is still true but it certainly goes at a fair turn of speed. Over the last year I started getting better at flying the kite and it will loop several times and back again no fuss.

One of the last times I flew the kite was in very strong winds. This was great fun as even at 80kg I was getting pulled along by it. However the lines supplied are only 70kg and rather enevitably they snapped! Do'h. A purchase of a re-sleeving kit soon solved this though.

Overall I found this kite an excellent introduction to power kiting and it certainly left me wanting more. As a result I got a Firebee 4.0m this year for my birthday and am itching to see what sort of pull that's capable of. I would recommend this kite to anyone who wants a quality introduction to power kiting but a larger kite might be a good idea for those of my weight or above as this will only produce serious pull in heavy winds.

By : bigpee