Rider weight (kg) / wind speed (kts) X 2.2= appropriate kite size. This comes from a reputable kite school in Australia. I and others have found it to be very accurate. If you find it prescribes an undersize kite, you probably used winds calibrated in MPH vs KTS.
@@sjensen8310 72KG/20kts x 2.2=less than 8. Perhaps the wind is heavier in the outback :). We do like your equation. We have played around with all the different variations of weights and have concluded in our general area a multiplier of 2.75 seems to be closer. But everyones different. :)
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Kite size Formula……
Riders weight (kg) / wind (knots) X 2.2 = approx kite size in sq.meters
Thanks for that, a bit small for most but always better to rig smaller than bigger for your first kite of the day
Rider weight (kg) / wind speed (kts) X 2.2= appropriate kite size.
This comes from a reputable kite school in Australia.
I and others have found it to be very accurate.
If you find it prescribes an undersize kite, you probably used winds calibrated in MPH vs KTS.
@@sjensen8310 72KG/20kts x 2.2=less than 8. Perhaps the wind is heavier in the outback :). We do like your equation. We have played around with all the different variations of weights and have concluded in our general area a multiplier of 2.75 seems to be closer. But everyones different. :)