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posted on 23-4-2004 at 13:25

kite sizes

I've got a 16m north rhino and am looking to get a slightly smaller kite - have now been totally baffled by the sizes of them though. I assume that the 16m refers to the surface area of it, so thought something about 12m would be good. I looked at an 11.5m wipika free air - but then found out that it has a 7m projected area - aaargh - so what's the projected area of my rhino? Help? Surely it can't be this complicated.

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posted on 23-4-2004 at 14:47

It depends on the curve of your kite.
Wipika and others have tables of projected anf flat areas for their kites. what does Rhino have on their web page?

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posted on 23-4-2004 at 16:45

On top of which, all manufacturers measure their kites differently and have changed the way they measure their kites over the years.

I have an 11m Wipika Free air, (at least, thats what it says on the tin)...Its actually quoting its projected area though, so its more akin to a 15m really!!

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posted on 24-4-2004 at 05:38

Your 16 is a 16 meters flat. Which pretty much all companies go by now, ( most any way).

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posted on 24-4-2004 at 21:30

to answer your question your rhino is about 11.8/12 projected...a 12m flat would compliment it well and the projected area of a 12m is about 8.4..it was really only wipika who originally sized this way everyone else quoting flat areas, cause they can...

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posted on 26-4-2004 at 08:56

Thanks guys, mighty helpfull! - that makes it a bit clearer now - at least I know what sort of size i should be looking for now - kinda.....

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