Sport, Trick and Freestyle Kite Flying Forum
sprdbryj wrote:Is anyone with a Supernova happy to express any sort of opinion if a more extensive review is too much?
midibot wrote:I only have under an hour on the kite, so am still learning its (and my) capabilities. But it does do wonderful axels; I could hardly believe it was me flying it ‘cept I was indeed on t’other end of the lines. Cascades were beaut. Could also hold position doing Cascades and not descend if I wished, whatever that is called.
RoyReed wrote:midibot wrote:I only have under an hour on the kite, so am still learning its (and my) capabilities. But it does do wonderful axels; I could hardly believe it was me flying it ‘cept I was indeed on t’other end of the lines. Cascades were beaut. Could also hold position doing Cascades and not descend if I wished, whatever that is called.
If it comes down it's a Cascade. If it goes up it's a Fountain. I'm not sure if it has an official name if it stays in one spot, but I do remember from the days of rec.kites (yes I go back that far) that someone (ABW?) called it a Puddle.
harveystubbs wrote:I found it set up too heavy and a bit of a slow burner but a lot of Chris' designs are like that. I sold my supernova and my element. Superfly is nice though