LEI's

[Shick]

I am confused now, I have been offered a

 

Slingshot rev 08

Atom 08

Instinct edge 08

Nobile 555

 

 

All 9m

 

This is my first LEI and I will be using it in a flei bug in land and on the beach.

 

What do you recon?

[Lee_m]

Atom i think

the edge are hard to fly at the best of times!

slingshot is poo

and i'm not sure about the 555

[Tjah1087]

Atom i think

the edge are hard to fly at the best of times!

slingshot is poo

and i'm not sure about the 555

 

Bollogs.

 

The Rev is the most widely aclaimed SLE of last year, very popular, great performance, great stability.

 

The edge isn't hard to fly at all, but are a little less forgiving and more difficult to get the performance out of. Will rocket you upwind in the buggy and launch you well though.

 

Atom low performance, bad low end. Fairly forgiving though, which might be better if you are less confident.

 

Not tried the 555.

 

Get a demo, and see if you like it in the buggy before getting one.

[Siimon]

Apparently the 555 is very similar to the waroo in terms of flying characteristics, so it'll presumably be light on the turns, easy to fly, yet decent performance when you want it.

[SKEER]

Atom i think

the edge are hard to fly at the best of times!

slingshot is poo

and i'm not sure about the 555

 

Care to back that up with any more pointless advice / information, or are you about done?

 

Thought so.

[SCrowther]

lei's- you either love em or hate em.

 

personally i love em

[mick]

lei's- you either love em or hate em.

 

personally i love em

 

 

Jeez wat a lot of rot. You either fly them or you don't. Love has naff all to do with it.

[Lee_m]

Atom i think

the edge are hard to fly at the best of times!

slingshot is poo

and i'm not sure about the 555

 

Care to back that up with any more pointless advice / information, or are you about done?

 

Thought so.

 

First off! do one!

And as for someone getting there first LEI for land i would say that the atom is the best out of the four above!

[mick]

Lee, what you mean is IMHO that is IYHO;) . You may be right, I don't know but for sure, everyone has there own preferences, which is what you stated.

[g3legacy]

Lol what a load of turd this is! The rev was amazing as far as i know, enough people have told me! The Atom will be made well and isnt that low performance, ive seen some mental stuff done on them...

 

Ive heard good stuff on the ozone kite but dont know much about the 555.

 

Id go Atom but get whatever you like, if its in good nick, you can afford it and you like the way it flys....get it.

[foggyblackpool]

So Lee_M,what evidence do you have to support your opinion the the slingshot rev is poo?

[AliB]

from the few times ive flown the rev i thought it was really good for a bow.

and thats coming from a hard core C kite rider

[foggyblackpool]

My dad has a rev coming tomorrow after talking to several shops and riders and me having a crack on one for him(on land admittedly) but everyone has said as far as bow/hybrid kites go,the rev was atleast top 3 of last year.

 

Did you get out in the end Ali?

[SCrowther]

lei's- you either love em or hate em.

 

personally i love em

 

 

Jeez wat a lot of rot. You either fly them or you don't. Love has naff all to do with it.

 

 

fair point, i think i was getting at that anyhoo