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Kites
There are lots of different kinds of kites available. Although you can buggy with any kite, some are more suitable than others.
Initially, you can use the kites which you already own. There is however fundamental design attributes which you should look for.
If possible try to use :
- Kites which are not designed to produce lift. Although you can easily buggy with something like a Flexifoil Blade, the lift these kites generate make out of buggy experiences (OBE) very common while you get to grips with the basics. Most of the time an OBE will hurt.
- Kites which have handles and four lines. Handles allow you to more easily control the kite. They allow fine adjustments to be applied to the kite and as such you will find kite control easier.
- Kites with medium aspect ratios. The Ozone Samurai, Flexifoil Bullet, HQ Beamer are all good traction starter kites. These kites will provide plenty of power to buggy. They will not be able to keep up with Buggiers flying high performance race kites; however that's really not what you want to at this stage.
- Kites between 2m and 4m in area. This is only a guide, as you are already aware; the power a kite generates depends on the wind speed. With Buggying, pilot weight and surface you are Buggying on also plays a part in how fast you go. Going bigger than 4m will give a greater risk of you being overpowered and losing control. Losing control will generally hurt.
Kite Selection
As there is such a diverse selection of kites available it may be difficult to decide where a particular kite fits. As such I've split the most common kites currently available (and some which aren't however may be available second hand) into three categories. This is purely my own classification and therefore may be open to interpretation.
Beginner / Intermediate Buggy Kites
- Flexifoil Bullet
- Ozone Samurai
- HQ Beamer
- Flexifoil Viper
- Rhombus Firebee
- PKD Buster
- Eolo Radsail
- UTURN Oxigen Standard
- Ozone Little Devil
- Flexifoil SkyTiger
- Elliot Ekko
- HQ Symphony
- NPW9
- Predator 1
- Predator 2
Advanced Buggy / Race Kites
- Mosquito Pro
- Airea Raptor
- Ozone Razor
- Predator 3
- UTURN Oxigen Pro
- UTURN Nitro
- PKD Century
- Libre Bora
- JoJo RM+
Freestyle Buggy Kites
- Flexifoil Blade
- Flysurfer Extacy
- Flysurfer PSYCHO2
- Ozone Frenzy
- Radsail Pro
- PL ARCs
- Mac Bego
- Flexifoil Sabre
- Pegas Kites
When starting out, try and use a kite in the Beginner / Intermediate Buggy Kites category, it will be much easier and you will learn a lot faster.
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