Select to expand quotedafish said..toppleover said..SibboV1 said..toppleover said..
when I owned a BRM Cloud kite
Did you get rid of the cloud? If you did, what didn't you like about the kite in the surf?
Yes had a 12m C2, sold it because I couldn't relaunch it & got sick of swimming in.
In hindsight, I probably should have given it more time.
Did you try reverse launching it? The kite is a little trickier to relaunch than a standard kite, it needs to sit deeper and with slack it rolls over and up. Once you do it a few times you know where it's spot is. When it's super light I reverse launch it. I guess though in hard crash when water washes over the kite it takes time to shake it. Like all designs, you have to sacrifice something to have it so light and nimble. Curious to see G.D. fly his new D design, which looks even more promising and easier relaunch due to more curve on the wing tip.
No, did not try the reverse launch, after the first wave hit - it was usually game over.
I find 3 strutt kites will in the same circumstance roll then relaunch - often without any issues.
A kite that's drifts as good as a Cloud but with the performance of a 3 strutt kite would be awesome.
