Flexifoil Stacking 6,8 & 10

I have just spent an amazing day flying my new stack of Rainbow Flexi's a Stacker 6 with a Proteam 8 and a Super 10.

Flexifoils skysails are amazing and just great. I used Flexifoils stacking kits to connect the kites together, actually you don't connect the kites together but connect to the main line with a shorter lines so that each kite is connected to the line making sure that when you pull on one handle you turn all the kites.

I used the longer stacking lines as suggestted by Flexifoil. I must say that they manoeuvre with a grace and beauty.

I used uprated 110 Kg lines in a light wind 7mph, in a stong wind these might have snapped, but the light wind meant I had to reduce weight.

The take off was hard work as the 6 took off first dragging up the 8 and finally the 10. once they were all up and rammed full of air they gave a great performance. I beleive that they all helped keep the stack up in the air, the 6 provided turning speed whille the 10 kept the stack in the air as the wind died.

Stacking is great and provides quite a spectacle for the other field users.

By : andrewwalker