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Old 12-27-2007, 04:28 PM
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Lightbulb New kite help??

hey, i think im gonna be needing a new kite soon for higher winds. right now i have a 06' 16m switchblade 2 and ive missed too many days because of too much wind, i weigh 240 and i need some kind of cheap kite only deal, but i really need to know what size to go for to make myself a 2 kite quiver, a 11, 12, or 13. any help or good deals thanks, Ross
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Old 12-27-2007, 04:44 PM
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if you want to keep the same bar for all the kites then you'll have to get the 12m xbow II or switch II since they don't make 11 or 13m sizes and the kites are bar specific.
I think the 12m II will actually have a little overlap with the 16m, personally I would hit up the 9m xbow II for a two kite combo or else a switch 10m
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Old 12-27-2007, 04:48 PM
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if you want to keep the same bar for all the kites then you'll have to get the 12m xbow II or switch II since they don't make 11 or 13m sizes and the kites are bar specific.
I think the 12m II will actually have a little overlap with the 16m, personally I would hit up the 9m xbow II for a two kite combo or else a switch 10m
wont a 9m monkey griffin or waroo work with the same bar? also is 9 too small, because ill be going to college next year in boca raton and wont a 9 be too small for over there.
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Old 12-27-2007, 04:55 PM
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wont a 9m monkey griffin or waroo work with the same bar? also is 9 too small, because ill be going to college next year in boca raton and wont a 9 be too small for over there.
Don't know if they'll work on that bar..............
You are the guinea pig on the bar, if it doesn't work on the cabby bar then you'll have to buy another bar.

why do you assume S FLA doesn't crank?
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Old 12-27-2007, 05:22 PM
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Don't know if they'll work on that bar..............
You are the guinea pig on the bar, if it doesn't work on the cabby bar then you'll have to buy another bar.

why do you assume S FLA doesn't crank?
im not, im assuming that ill be using an 11 or 12 most often, more than my 16 or a 9. if i got a 9 i dont think there would be enough wind, and my 16 may be too much.
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you'll be on the 12&16 80% of the time

when it goes above 25kts you'll be outta luck

16 from 13kt to 20 and 12m from 17kt to 25
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