Actual kite sizes

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Knobby Rash
Knobby Rash
VIC
44 posts
VIC, 44 posts
26 Aug 2012 7:01am
In the process of buying new kites and wondering if anyone has ever laid out different brand kites on top of each other or actually measured any kites to see if real size is what they claim it to be.
Just wondering if any companies are labelling kites as 12 mtr etc when they measure 12.5/13 mtr.Some kites seem way more powerful than a different brand in the same size is all im saying.....
Just need to remember my maths to work out sq mtrs with an arc.......
Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
4862 posts
26 Aug 2012 7:19am
yep and they are all over the place. whats more different designs yeild more or less power per sq meter.

These days you just have to use the number on the kite as a guide!.....

whats most important is the wind range of that kite for your weight!
Puetz
Puetz
NT
2186 posts
NT, 2186 posts
26 Aug 2012 9:12am
... yep, done this recently. We compared 15m Naish Fly, 16m Dyno, 17m Edge and 18m Dyno.

The 15m "looked" surprizingly big for a "15m" and the differences are less than you can see by mere laying them on the ground but as Plummet says, it more important the range it can get you. If you could get a 12m to cover the range of an 18m then I'd have a 12m

this one is 18m on the bottom: 16m then 17m then 15m on top


this one is same as above


again, bottom up 18m, 16m, 17m, 15m


16m front, 17m, 18m and 15m at back, just showing how much bigger in the middle the Naish is and apparently only a 15m


same as above


same again as above





cheers for now,

Robbie
Andrash
Andrash
WA
637 posts
WA, 637 posts
26 Aug 2012 11:11pm
Plummet said...

y

These days you just have to use the number on the kite as a guide!.....



...No... the opposite... disregard the number on the kite, because it in most brands serves only one purpuse.........
...yes.... it is marketing....
If you have some time and patience to read, try
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Kite-surface-area/?SearchTerms=size
Cheers
Knobby Rash
Knobby Rash
VIC
44 posts
VIC, 44 posts
27 Aug 2012 8:19am
Thanks Andrash
Looks like we have all been down this road before....
I choose to leave this can of worms closed as of now and will take on board all the comments from previous very helpful post.
Cheers
iandvnt
iandvnt
QLD
581 posts
QLD, 581 posts
28 Aug 2012 1:38pm
the numbers are bull bull5hit. when thinking up a good number it is all about what sells which is why so many kites are actually bigger than stated so they can be called powerful etc
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