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The Flexifoil Rage is the successor to the Bullet series of kites. This kite is not a Bullet in new colours, but a completely new kite from the ground up and designed to be better than the Bullet in all areas of performance and usability. Highly stable and controllable the Flexifoil Rage has been designed in 5 sizes. Like all Flexifoil kite ranges, each kite is designesd individually to ensure the best performance in the wind conditions in which it will be used. The new Rage kite has been designed to be a high performance traction kite suitable for all levels of kite flyer. It is an extremely versatile kite providing controllable, smooth, predictable power with reduced lift. The Flexifoil Rage is suited for everything from teaching basic kite skills, learning how to snowkite, kite landboard or buggy, through to being a high performance kite for experienced buggiers. This is a kite that you can learn on, but will never outgrow. With the new Rage kite the smaller kites have been designed to fly slowly in stronger winds to give you more control. This was an issue with the small Bullet kites. The bigger sizes have faster turn speed to generate more traction in lighter winds. The Flexifoil Rage is a very stable and responsive kite. Although it generates a lot of power, the kite does not give you much lift. This is why we recommend this kite for buggying and general recreational flying. Bullet-proof reinforcements Rib, tab and internal rib vent reinforcements strengthen the kite where its needed most, meaning a longer life for your Rage and a reduced chance of a blow-out in the event of a ground impact! Dyneema flying lines The bridle line for the Rage is made from sleeved Dyneema. This has excellent strength and stretch properties which means the kite maintains its shape in the sky, even in strong wind conditions. We pre-stretch every metre of of bridle line in our factory to ensure that the constructional stretch is taken out of the line. Sora Ripstop Nylon A high performance double coated ripstop nylon. It has extremely low porosity, excellent durability, high tear resistance and is waterproof. All of these features make it ideal for landkiting Leading edge gauze The Research and Development team build many prototypes both with and without gauze in the leading edge to find out whether it contributed to the performance of the kite. We found the gauze ensured the leading edge of the kite kept its shape better, which allowed us to make the profile of the kite more powerful. Ultimately, The Rages with gauze flew better than those with a fully open vent. Intelligent design We are continually developing our design software and as a result we can now model, predict and analyse the 3D shape of a kite when it’s in the air flying. This means we can then shape and refine the panels more accurately so your kite has less creases and a smoother more accurate profile. This results in a highly aerodynamic wing which helps all performance characteristics of the Rage. Variable cell numbers The 1.8m2, 2.5m2 and 3.5m2 size Rages have 15 cells whilst the 4.7m2 and 6.0m2 have 17 cells. The larger kites need to extract as much power from the light winds as possible, and the two extra cells provide a cleaner profile and a more efficient wing. The smaller kites are designed to control the energy of the wind in medium to strong wind conditions. Aspect Ratio The Rage has a moderate aspect ratio of 3.5 for the smaller sizes, and 3.6 for the larger sizes. This moderate aspect ratio, combined with all the other features make the kite easy to control and maintains high performance. |