C-Kite Performance with Hybrid Depower
Flexifoil’s R&D team have taken the knowledge learned from
developing the HadlowPro09 to create the Ion4 for you with
specially selected advancements. The Ion4 offers intermediate to
advanced riders a rock solid kite, with fantastic stability and direct
feel that will give you tremendous confidence.
on the water. You will experience performance created using unrivalled technical
aspects from the HadlowPro09 including the same 6 strut layout but with the benefit of hybrid style depower.
You’ll feel supremely confident on the Ion4 and it will help usher you to greater levels of competency whatever riding style you
prefer. The Ion4 offers an even greater range of wind conditions than its predecessor and size for size you’ll find more power with
solid driving turns making for great powered kite loops. It has been designed with unhooked riding in mind and offers incredible
grunt and pop whilst showing an amazing ability to eat gusts.
The Ion 4 is available from May 2009 in five versatile sizes – 7m,
8.5m, 10.5m, 12.5m and 14.5m offering you a size for all wind conditions.
4 and 5-line options on the bar give you two differing configurations (freeride and freestyle) to suit your riding style and local conditions
PERFORMANCE FEATURES
New 6 Strut Layout Pattern
The Ion4 strut design has been modified to give the kite an extra strut to match that of the HadlowPro09. The centre of your kite is the most important part for generating power so the benefit of this modification is that it keeps your central aerofoil top-surface-clean for efficient power generation.
The 6 strut layout pattern has had a marked impact on the efficiency of the aerofoil and turning sections of the kite helping to improve the feedback you get from the bar as
the kite has a more direct feel - this direct feel enables you to instinctively feel how the kite is reacting and where it is in the sky.
Optimised Leading Edge Tube
A newly stiffened leading edge has lead to increased structural stability whilst still remaining aerodynamically efficient. This will provide you with no deformation in the
kite’s canopy giving better gust control and a direct, solid feel.
Refined Aerofoil Shape
The new centre section of the kite (developed in parallel with the design work on the Hadlow Pro Kite) gives even better upwind performance and ensures the kite drives all the way through the turn producing the constant pull required for predictable kite loops.
Simplified Bridle System
To increase the Ion4’s efficiency, the new simplified bridle system leads to reduced drag with less chance of tangling, more depower and a faster driving turn.
Multiple Front & Rear Tow Point Connections.
This feature allows you to adjust your Ion4 to suit your riding
style with the benefit of different turning speeds, increased or decreased bar pressure and a choice of where the kite sits in the wind window to control grunt, pop and upwind
ability. Use tow point ‘2. FS’ to give the kite more grunt for wake style riding and heavier riders. Use the front tow ‘1.FR’ for more depower and better upwind capability making it
suitable for wave riding, general cruising, high winds and gusty conditions.
Anti Flutter Trailing Edge Battens
Toughened and flexible battens are sewn into the trailing edge near the wingtips. Reinforced with Dacron® they create a stiffer trailing edge and a clean release for turbulent air
passing over the wingtip to reduce drag and provide an increased turn speed.
The Ion 4 is available NOW in five versatile sizes – 7m, 8.5m, 10.5m, 12.5m and 14.5m offering you a size for all wind conditions.
4 and 5-line options on the bar give you two differing configurations (freeride and freestyle) to suit your riding style and local conditions
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