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- zoo
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Frames NSE
Thinking of taking the plung and buying a NSE Lw. My zeph stops fly to soon for me. There is one problem what frame Icone or sky shark any opions?
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- Thomas*
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Re: Frames NSE
If you can afford to be extravagant, go for icone, if you want 98% of the performance at a discount and less aggravation when you brake a spar, go for skyshark 
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- tsulej
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Re: Frames NSE
Question is: what's this 2% of performance? Does beginner/intermediate flyer feel the difference between Icone and SS (and AS in STD version)?
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- Zippy8
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Re: Frames NSE
tsulej wrote:Does beginner/intermediate flyer feel the difference between Icone and SS (and AS in STD version)?
Short answer: No.
Long answer: realllllllly long
They (Icone and Aerostuff) are lovely things in their own right though even if any in-flight differences are difficult to spot and harder to financially justify.
Mike.
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- berkeley64608
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Re: Frames NSE
I have the skyshark version. Its okay but i could imagine that a stiffer frame would absolutely help in the kites response, making it a little snappier.
switching out the LS to black diamonds works also.
good luck
switching out the LS to black diamonds works also.
good luck
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- kitegem
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Re: Frames NSE
I've decided to frame my bog NSE with Nitros.
The question is: Strong for the spreaders or just plain old Nitros?
The question is: Strong for the spreaders or just plain old Nitros?
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- Zippy8
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kitegem wrote:The question is: Strong for the spreaders.....
Eeeek ! Just how much abuse do you intend to inflict on this poor kite ?
I've used regular Nitros on a reframed 100% Fury (with an 8P spine) and I reckon that it's quite butch enough.
Mike.
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- kitegem
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I was thinking more in the way of weight distribution advantages.
Opinions solicited.
Opinions solicited.
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- Zippy8
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kitegem wrote:I was thinking more in the way of weight distribution advantages.
Even full length that's only +5g. if all of the spars are at advertised weight. That's less than 3PT->5PT and quite a bit less than 5PT->7PT.
Probably worth trying even so, if only to tick off the "not such a good idea after all" list
Mike.
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- kitegem
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Re: Frames NSE
Which is probably what I'll do.. in that order. 
Zippy8 wrote:kitegem wrote:I was thinking more in the way of weight distribution advantages.
Even full length that's only +5g. if all of the spars are at advertised weight. That's less than 3PT->5PT and quite a bit less than 5PT->7PT.
Probably worth trying even so, if only to tick off the "not such a good idea after all" list
Mike.