HQ Babytana anyone?
Peter Carlsson
I am curious about the HQ Babytana - No Wind Kite. Does anybody has any
experience with this little fun-kite that he or she wants to share?
All input are welcome.
In the Wind
Peter
Kalmar, Sweden
Pedro Fuentes
I have one of these. I bought it as my first indoor kite because it is cheap
and because i love its shape (it is a mini-Tramontana).
For me is better for light wind outdoor, it is much more fun. Indoor i have
to run backwards a lot to keep it in the air but it is nice also (and it
helps to keep you in shape :-). I fly it indoor with 4 m lines and outdoor
with 10 m lines.
If you want to fly with light winds in a small place, it is perfect. For
indoor there are better kites but I purchased the Babytana because:
- They are very dificult to find in Spain (so, spare parts are a problem).
- A good indoor kite it is 3 or 4 time more expensive than the Babytana.
- It is almost unbreakable. When you learn to fly indoor (at least, in my
case) you go to the ground very often. Good Indoor kites have very light and
delicate carbon shafts, so you must expend a lot of money in spare shatfs.
The only drawback for indoor it is its size, it is a kite with too quick
reactions. My next indoor kite will be an HQ Geenie, but first i must
convince my wife!!
Regards & Buen Viento
Pedro
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air indoors but it's harder work than it need be. Take it
outside in a gentle breeze and it's in its element.
Quick and fun. Trickable if you keep inputs down to the
absolute minimum. Mine sits above the sunscreen in my car so
that I need never be without it. Had a lot of airtime and
has withstood quite a few near ground experiences.
Bought mine from KMD in Gothenburg.
Mike.
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StelerHawk
to get a group of us (6) and all with our little kites and me playing tag with
the little guy because it is so quick. It a lot of fun and I fly it on 50 lb.
50 ft lines with no trouble here in San Diego California, USA. It does axels
and snap stalls, side slides and much more with the right touch and pracitce.
Well worth the investment and a Blast to fly.
Ellen M.
A Kite Flies Highest Against the Wind, not with it.
Thomas
It's a relive to find out that it isn't a true indoor kite. I've had mine
for a couple of months and I need a bit more then a breeze to keep it up.
Otherwise its fun although to fast for me as a beginner.
Thomas
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and thus difficult to control try using longer and/or
heavier lines. This will both actually and apparently slow
the kite down at the expense of a little bit of
responsiveness.
Whilst I fly the BabyTana on 6m lines for "between the
buildings" flying I let other people try it out on 12m+ at
least.
WT
tow point up 1/4" and it will work well indoors. Mine gets flown alot on 8'
to 35' lines, indoors, and out. The small size makes it a real challenge to
fly because the hand movements are so small, and your hands need to stay
close together to fly well.
There are other kites, like the Pi, and Indoor Wren that make a better small
(compared to HQ's Genie or Prism's Vapor) kite to learn indoor flying with.
They don't trick as well, but are considerably larger than the Babytana.
Also they don't break the bank. Durable solid carbon rods. The Pi goes less
than $80 and the Indoor Wren is about $120 (US)
WT
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