Topic: MCT Glass - now named as the Opus GT

It be fine mate......

To add one final point Chris, when I was working with Pryde the big reason for '100%" carbon was always the reflex response, NOT the weight saving. I tested a few rigs they'd made and saw the difference. A carbon mast always felt more alive. I was luckier than most being given unlimited amounts of new carbon kit to test and destroy.
Board weights could be amazing then we had the spate of discoveries that most riders coouldnt cope with with boards under a certain weight and then when kitesurfing came round we found that handling and releasing flex was more important than stiffness. This may impact on DS at somepoint..
Wanna buy a seriously cool McCulloch 137 directional?

I was lucky enough to blag a go on one of Dave Whites slalom boards with an at the time, prototype Pryde rigabout 17 years ago. Wooow, what a piece of kit. Light and stiff worked well there.

However I suspect it would have lost it's edge for most riders if it got choppy being bounced without the weight to push through. Is this the similar argument for DS? Weight spread through the model helps it cut through the turbulance? If the wing has momentum locally out to it's tips, the forces trying to twist or bend it are reduced, and this is why it feels like it's cutting through better.

Just a thought, and thanks for reviving that memory Mr Ed.

sj

You're EXACTLY right there mate. 

Z

steady scotty the tail,s blow of at around 150mph

the all moving tail did used to have problems at 186mph or so on the wizard compact.  I don't believe theres been a similar problem withh the conventional V tail that scott has, or the cross tail version.

Ian

I thought you may be on about the wizardcompact v mark, iv got the wizard f3f  its built like a brick as is the tail, id hope it would go over 150, Although I havnt seen anyone else with one yet, Im not sure what to buy at all yet,give me a bell abbo next time you go.

Scott

I was kind of surprised with my RaceM. It's built pretty solid - only 100g lighter than your Wiz F3F - had it up to 111mph on Saturday, which isn't all that quick at all really, but having seen it, I'm not sure that I'd want to try for anything over 130mph with it. I reckon that 130mph in a dive from a spec frontside is a totally different ball game to spearing through the shear at 130mph - much more stress I reckon!

As for the Wiz tails - yeah - that was waaaay back in the days of all moving V's wasn't it? Must be 10 years back or so? Is Abbo dating himself 

Z

Abbo has been dating himself for a long time now, only joking mate, as they say plenty more sheep in the field.
Scott.

On topic though id like to know how the opus gt would go, and how fast its capable of.

Hey mate

Will D's going to be the man to tell us as he has one ready to build. But as the wing is the same as the VDS I suspect that will be the limiting factor - around 180mph in the UK. Strangely in the US on www.rcspeeds.com they are WELL over 200 with the glass wing, but I guess that's not relevant here. But I would expect that the GT will be better handling at speed than the VDS due to the far thicker boom and therefore less flex, and the fin rather than the V.

Abbo's flown both fuses so I guess he could comment on the difference in handling.

Z