Our club wish to refresh our supply of kites which are rather bedraggled. We would like something safe, durable and to IOF spec without reflective parts (makes local night events too easy).
Silva fails because it is reflective. UltraSport kite has metal triangle overlapped rather than joined which seems suboptimal. CompassPoint looks robust (rigid triangle and great fabric) but sample is not to IOF size and can't guarantee that others won't be similar.
Any other ideas where to go for quality kites?
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Silva also do non-reflective kites.
On the sizing point, note that the IOF rules just say "about 30 cm x 30 cm" (and the BOF rules "around 30 cm square"), so presumably it doesn't matter whether the measurements are exact.
On the sizing point, note that the IOF rules just say "about 30 cm x 30 cm" (and the BOF rules "around 30 cm square"), so presumably it doesn't matter whether the measurements are exact.
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Scott wrote:Silva also do non-reflective kites
Thanks. I have asked them whether the photo is up to date since the only kite on Silva's web site and I have seen for sale elsewhere is the reflective one.
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Apparently the photo is out of date (so all Silva kites are reflective AIUI), but they do their own brand SPORTident kite which is not reflective and Martin says is more robust so I'll take a look at that one.
Thanks for pointing me in a useful direction.
Thanks for pointing me in a useful direction.
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For night events you should be using proper reflectors (many types available), these reduce the random luck element in night-O - e.g. a runner punching gives the control away to another runner, reflectors allow even small torches to get a quick flash of reflection - so that they aren't overwhelmed by the race for power.
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I like the use of small reflectors on the *canes* for NightO, not on the flags themselves though. On a windy day they can flap around like a flag too much.
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Which reminds me ... Northern Nights are coming up soon ... get your entries in.
No reflective tape I'm afraid though on either canes or kites.
No reflective tape I'm afraid though on either canes or kites.
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Why not hold all night events in Cities & Towns??? Then it won't matter about reflectors and it'll more resemble real orienteering rather than running round strange forests.
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Re: Best Control Kites
"For night events you should be using proper reflectors (many types available), these reduce the random luck element in night-O - e.g. a runner punching gives the control away to another runner, reflectors allow even small torches to get a quick flash of reflection - so that they aren't overwhelmed by the race for power." Quote
Thank you big jon , thought I was the only one who thought this, seemed to remember in the distant past having reflective kites or streamers for night O. That was when headlights were glowworms mind, with the advent of mega lumens people perhaps think this would make it too easy. To me the challenge is route selection and execution, actually finding the control once in the circle should not be a matter of beating the bushes, at night or even in daylight, though it often is.
Thank you big jon , thought I was the only one who thought this, seemed to remember in the distant past having reflective kites or streamers for night O. That was when headlights were glowworms mind, with the advent of mega lumens people perhaps think this would make it too easy. To me the challenge is route selection and execution, actually finding the control once in the circle should not be a matter of beating the bushes, at night or even in daylight, though it often is.
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