low wind buggy engine?

[soliver1599969029]

Mick,

 

Yes, Reactor 2's and what I hear of the 2013's fly great inland. They have a higher AR (4.5) (edit: relatively higher) so they go upwind very well. They behave much better than other kites I've flown in the same genre. I have the 8.6m Reactor 2 and can buggy in 6-7mph wind and static fly in lighter stuff. It just drops off in the lulls and does require patience. My 5.5m Reactor 2 is a dream in anything Over 8mph. Their benefit is their stability. They are super stable indeed.

 

Both of these vids are of me using the 8.6m and fighting through the lulls with 5-8mph stuff.

Dreams on Vimeo

OOBE field 11/30/2013 on Vimeo

Edited June 7, 2014 by soliver

[SPIKY JACK]

My low wind buggy engine is my Mk 1 blade on 30 mtr Flexi lines gives you a nice window to play in

[soliver1599969029]

I had a killer session on my 8.6m RII today... Started out really light... So light that I almost packed up and went home, but ended up around 9mph wind gusting in the low teens... It got to be a little bit of a handful at the point that I almost crashed it into a light post ... That's when I pulled out and ended the day with the 5.5m

 

The Reactors are really great kites; like I said above, super stable, very low lift and really fast.

[waltweb]

Arrrrh C-Quads. A much miss-understood, and underused powerhouse of a kite system! I wish I had kept mine, but had to sell them to aquire new kites! Ho! Hum!