Which Kite do I choose?

To make choosing your new kite easy, please see the information below. 

 Models of Panshkite  |  Suitability of Pansh Kites  |  Choosing the right size of Powerkite

 
Models of Pansh Powerkites   (Back to top)

	Ace This is Pansh's high performance, high lift kite for experienced flyers only. The Ace is a freestyle dream, giving huge air and gentle floaty landings.  It is ideal for all freestyle tricks on a board or in a buggy, or the biggest of static jumps. The Ace has full internal cross bracing, giving it a highly efficient clean aerofoil, and great performance.  Are you good enough? The Ace is available in various colours from a nippy 2.0m to a huge 12.0m
Blaze The Pansh Blaze is an intermediate kite, designed for intermediate to experienced flyers looking for a higher aspect, high performance powerful kite, with some lift. The flame design is all sewn into the topside of the kite. The Blaze is is available in 4 colours from 3m to a large 12.5m

Legend The Legend has been designed to be a ideal introductory traction kite. It is extremely versatile  providing controllable, smooth, predictable power with little lift.   This makes the Legend is the ideal first kite, suited for everything from teaching basic kite skills, static flying, buggy or landboard. This is a kite that you can learn on, but not quickly outgrow. The Legend is available in 4 colours from 2m to 5.5m

Blaze II depower The Pansh Blaze is an intermediate depower kite, designed for experienced to expert flyers looking for performance with the versatility of depower.  It is sold as kite only, without bar or lines. The flame design is all sewn into both sides of the kite. The Blaze II depower is available in 4 colours from 5m to 12m
	Airlink This is the Race kite from Pansh, designed for pure performance in the buggy.  Flying it will bring you lots of fun and honour. The Airlink is sold as kite only. The Airlink is available in 4 colours, in 4.5m and 6m

Suitability of Pansh Powerkites    (Back to top)

Key:    * = OK,     ** = Better,     *** = Best ,    X = NOT suitable

	Ace	Airlink	Blaze	Blaze II	Legend
Basic Static flying	X	X	*	X	***
Advanced Static & jumping	***	*	**	*
Buggy Cruising	*	*	**	**	**
Freestyle Buggy	***		*	**	X
Buggy Racing	**	***	*	X
Landboard cruising	**	*	**	**	**
Freestyle Landboarding	***		**	**	X
Snow kiting	*	X	X	*	X
Kite surfing  (aka Kite boarding)	X	X	X	X	X

Choosing the right size of Pansh Powerkite    (Back to top)

Power kites are usually measured in terms of their flat surface area. Hence a "3m kite" usually refers to a kite that has a flat surface area of three square meters (one side). There are no definitive right or wrong answers as to the right size of Powerkite to choose, as it depends on many interrelated factors. While is difficult to generalise all the following are important, with perhaps the more important at the top:

• Flyer experience – Perhaps the most important factor. Experience really counts when holding down lots of power.
• Type of activity – As soon as you start moving on wheels you need more pull. Boarder use kites up to three times the size of static fliers, with buggiers somewhere in-between.
• Type of kite – Depower kites have a much larger wind range than fixed bridle allowing you to fly a kite up to twice the size.
• Flyer weight – a 100kg flyer might be able to hold on to a kite half as big again as a 50kg flyer.

Lastly, and not least, there is the wind strength to consider. There is not a kite produced yet that can fly from 3mph to 40mph winds, hence most flyers end up with a range of kite sizes to suit the conditions. Typically:

• A fixed bridle Quiver (as opposed to depower) might be 2m, 3m, 5m and 8m
• A Depower Quiver might be 6m and 10m

Hence looking at all these factors is not unusual to find on the same beach:

• A beginner overpowered on a 2m Kite, and packing up to go home
• A experienced boarder wishing he had a bigger kite than his 12m Depower ...

Bearing this in mind well try to recommend what each range of FIXED bridle kite is suitable for. Add 1.5 to 2 times to the sizes below for Depower Kite sizes

Up to 2.5m

Great fun kites, stress free. - See Pansh kites of this size ...

• 2m is an ideal first kite for a lighter static flyer in average winds
• A great high wind buggy engine for those ballistic days
• Ideal to lend or give to friends and family to give them a taste of power kiting

3.0m to 4.5m

This is the size of kite you will probably use most often. - See Pansh kites of this size ...

• A 3m kite is the ideal first kite of an average person for most winds. If you’re at the heavier end of the scale consider 4m
• It is a great size of kite for buggying in most wind conditions.
• Makes a good boarding kite for the highest if winds

5.0m to 6.0m

Ideal second kite size for summer winds. - See Pansh kites of this size ...

• Can be flown static in the light winds, some kites can fly in no wind. If the kite has lift it will give good jumps to more experienced flyers
• Great buggy engine for average to lighter wind days
• An average size for a board used in most wind conditions

6.5m to 8.0m

The kite is slowing down, and needs lighter winds. - See Pansh kites of this size ...

• Can only be flown static in the lightest winds
• Good size for a buggy in mid to light winds
• Boarders love the float this kite gives on average to light winds

8.5m to 10m

Getting a bit big for static now, can only be flown in the lightest of lightest winds. - See Pansh kites of this size ...

• Needs some skill in a buggy and no gusts on a light wind day.
• A light wind float monster for a boarder.

10m plus

This kite is huge, one gust and there is no stopping it. Take real care! - See Pansh kites of this size ...

• Needs experiences and consistent very light winds to keep this airborne in a buggy
• Boarders might be found jumping under one of these on light wind days

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