Bladerunner, Have you seen these? What do you think?Bladerunner - 8-5-2008 at 09:08 AM
I haven't flown or known anyone who owns a Titan.
Flysurfer has improved greatly since 04 !
It is the earliest model I would even consider. I would hold out.Sthrasher38 - 8-5-2008 at 09:36 AM
Thank you!bigkahuna - 9-5-2008 at 04:04 AM
I had a Titan 15.5 for a short while. Doesn't like gusty winds and pretty slow turning (compared to later generation FS's) but pulled like a truck.
It was the first generation FS, IIRC, to have jetflaps and decent stability. Wasn't my "cup of tea" so I sold it to a friend a couple weeks after I
bought it. He loved it. If you go to the foilzone forums you'll likely find lots of Titan owners (past and present).Sthrasher38 - 9-5-2008 at 08:00 AM
Thanks for the heads up. I saw one yesterday and was just woundering how they were.powerzone - 9-5-2008 at 09:35 AM
we have a 9.5m TITAN... flown for 3 hrs.... its near mint.
i can put it up for sale if someone wants. we were experimenting with a depower Mod for it, but ran out of time with all the speed 1.5 and more.
its super stable and really does pull hard.lives2fly - 3-10-2013 at 04:05 AM
Just resurrecting this thread as I flew 2 of these yesterday! a 9.5 and a 12.5. I was talking to a guy about kites and he said he had 2 big kites in
his garage for the last 6 years!! so we arranged to meet up and look at them.
As mentiontion above the damn things pull like hell and are so stable overhead you can take your hands off the bar and they will just sit there! They
were both pretty slow turning though. The wing tips tuck in a little but it looks like they are supposed to? there is a runner for the bridle line
that goes to the tip.
Anyone know anything much about the kite? It was 2004 right?PHREERIDER - 3-10-2013 at 06:51 PM
had the 9.5 titan with the mod for depower , or better depower. anyway powerful for its size , not so fast turning and narrow sweet spot ...for a 9
pretty challenging in hi winds . overflys if out of tune fairly easily. for its age basic raw power thats about iterratic winds - 3-10-2013 at 07:32 PM
overflys if out of tune fairly easily. for its age basic raw power thats about it
This statement perfectly describes my Rookie2 6m that was made one year later by FS. POWWWWAH, but no depower!lives2fly - 4-10-2013 at 01:23 AM
They do both have a depower strap. The tabs are yellow and blue which does not logically indicate which does what so I'm just working on the principal
of let it out for more power & pull it in for depower.
Its pretty interesting messing about with old kites but I don't envy my pal who is going to try and learn to kitesurf on them!PHREERIDER - 4-10-2013 at 06:17 AM
They do both have a depower strap. The tabs are yellow and blue which does not logically indicate which does what so I'm just working on the principal
of let it out for more power & pull it in for depower.
Its pretty interesting messing about with old kites but I don't envy my pal who is going to try and learn to kitesurf on them!
WARNING serious injury or death may occur, this is not a caution statement. not for a beginner. BeamerBob - 4-10-2013 at 10:57 AM
When Phree talks in all caps. Listen verrrry carefully. He probably logs more flight hours than all the rest of us combined. He's not guessing.
lives2fly - 8-10-2013 at 03:08 AM
Yeah thanks for the caution guys, I'm trying to persuade him to get a modern SLE but people don't always have the money - or don't want to spend it.
I did waterstart lessons on my 10m Park on Saturday as a 10 year old foil is about the last thing I would want to try and learn on!
