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Blade Fat Lady Light Wind Kite
Blade Fat lady Light Wind Kitesurfing Kite
Fast. Powerful. Fun.
As the wind get's lighter, we need a bigger kite to harness power. The need for increasingly sizable geometries adds substantial weight and drag, working directly against the wind's decreasing ability to fly the kite. How efficient the weight to power ratio is therefore the key design challenge of light wind kites. Current design wisdom provides solutions that produce big kites that generate power, but are sluggish in handling.
Enter the Fat Lady!
Like all other Blade kites, the Fat Lady is designed to be fast. After almost 2 years in prototyping, her innovative design and is hands down the most dynamic light wind 17m on the market.
What makes the design so special is that it pushes the technical limits of maximum efficiency by linking all aspects of the geometry and construction to work together to conduct the forces of flight. The clearest example of this is the approach to Fat Lady's LE. Typically other big kites rely on a massive LE to maintain their large structure. The Fat Lady has by far the leanest LE on a 17m kite, smaller than typical 12m kites. This provides key performance advances in the power to weight ratio, flying speed, turning speed, and overall handling. This super thin LE is technically possible only when all other elements in the kite such as the canopy, struts, and bridle are optimized to integrate in motion to support the structure. In prototype development, the LE was reduced in increments, and with each reduction all other elements of the kite were consequently redesigned to support it. The Fat Lady takes this strategy to the limit, and by applying it to all aspects of the kite, she produces dynamic performance never before seen at this size.
It means the Fat Lady is a whole lot of fun!
She’s got plenty of power which is delivered with handling that is crisp and direct as you might expect from a good 12m. And because the kite is fast, the Fat Lady pops, even with her considerable size. Combine that with the hangtime of a big kite and you can throw everything from immense old school to low, technical freestyle in under 12 knots.
Skilled riders will get her on the water at around 8 knots,
and even beginners can park the her at 10 knots and go. Getting her up off the water you’d swear she was a 9m. The Fat Lady is all about having a good time, take her for a spin, she’s a whole lot of kite!
A quick internet search will reaveal just what amazing feedback this innovative kite is acheiving. Light wind kiting just got fun.
materials and construction
Very simply we use the best. High end materials and build construction are an issue of cost, and all of
our kites get the same top-end level of construction, so we leave out gimmicks and design trends that
don’t prove to deliver performance in our testing, and focus one functional, effective design innovation.
Blade is one of the very few companies in the industry that works intimately with its production factories,
not just to assure standards of quality and production excellence, but also to develop innovative processes
to raise the bar in build quality.
Blade Cortrol Bar 2012
precision. comfort. control.
The 2012 Blade Bar is designed for maximum control and precision in a simple effective setup. features dramatically improved durability and precision through a redesign completely utilizing high end plastics
and flexible materials which resist impact, deformation, and won't corrode or breakdown.
The 2012 Blade Bar features the Blade Swivel Dome G3, the third generation of the innovative Blade Swivel Dome. It combines the features and functionality of a chicken loop, swivel, and a 100% effective
safety release into one fast, efficient mechanism. This proven and refined design is updated for 2012 with a newly developed plastic composite raising its durability and reliability to exceptional standards of safety.
With one simple gesture, the Blade Swivel Dome G3 instantly releases forces ranging from 5KG to 380KG with minimal effort. Once the quick release is activated, Blade’s Absolute Depower System immediately
causes the kite to lose all power while remaining secured to you by one of the depower lines, ensuring the safety of both you and your equipment.
Most importantly, the Swivel Dome has been designed to be put back together easily and quickly while in water. The entire release device remains intact once activated, so there are no parts on the Blade Bar to
lose.
For 2012 the Blade Bar gets a redesigned center piece molded out of a single unit of stainless steel to protect the depower lines from wear and provide smoother control action. The flying lines are also upgraded
to the latest advance in line technology, stretching 50% less than the previous standard.
The new Blade Bar is refined system which inspires confidence by combining comfort and safety with speed and ease of use, so you can focus on riding.
• New plastic composites for durable precision
• Third generation Blade Swivel Dome G3 mechanism
• Effective fast-on/fast-off quick release release
• Blade ADS guarantees 100% depower immediately on release activation
• Comfortable grip and direct bar feel
