The Rage is suitable for everything from teaching basic kite skills, learning how to snowkite, kite landboard or buggy, through to being a high performance kite for experienced buggy pilots. This is a kite than you can learn on, but will never outgrow.
Rage Features:
Refined PlanformThe planform of the Rage has been heavily refined by the R & D team. The kite uses a sweeping leading edge and large wingtips which help the kite to track and turn better. It also has a thing centre chord depth and a 'hooped' shape which helps to keep the kite incredibly stable.
Bullet-proof reinforcements
Rib, tab and internal rib vent reinforcements strengthen the kite where it's needed most, meaning a longer life for your Rage and a rediced 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 it shape in the sky, even in strong wind conditions. We pre-stretch every metre of bridle line in our factory to ensure that the constructional stretch is taken our 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 water proof. All of these features make it ideal for land kite use.
Leading Edge Gauze
We built many prototypes both with and without gauze in the leading edge to find out weather 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 3DF shape of a kite when it's in the air and 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 wind which helps all performance characteristics of the Rage.
Variable cell numbers
The three smallest sizes have 15 cells, and the two large sizes have 17 cells. The large kites need to extract as much power from the light winds as possible, and the two extra cells provide a more efficient wind. 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.
