Young bull,

A few shops in Brissy will be getting their demo soon.
There are reviews here and there but generally there are only two people who have gotten kites due to them selling out so quickly in the US.

There have been a few riders here who have tried my kites in Sydney that are pre production and have good things to say. Padi in brissy will have kites soon.
For reviews go to the eclipse website and forum for riders reviews OR kiteforum for reviews from some international riders.

Thanks

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Know any good piers to try this out on?
or Sand dunes maybe

Freed.

hows it goin i havent got them yet but dimitri is sending a 6 nano and a 9 nano as well as a 12 thruster for me when i get them i will happily let you demo them

yeh padi is a better option as he is on the same side of the country as you

I've got my hands on a 6m Nano to try out.
had a fly in barely 6-8kts at Pt Danger, Saturday.

only 20m lines with it but first impression is it's a nimble kite.

Of course a 0ne Pump 3 strut 6m kite is bloody easy to pump up.

the consensus of opinion from the locals that checked it out was thet it was well built. I would say Built to the Same standards as my 06 Matrix which is probably over engineered.

Nice feature of the Bar is a different grip profile for each side of bar so you should be able to know which side you have hold of without looking. Plus the word "NO" on the bottom to tell newbies they have bar upside down.

I'll have to find a lightwieght to really test this one out though.

We are waiting on getting a try of a Thruster as well but have been told they don't leave Factory till 15th, so by time they get to importer and then to us could be a couple of more weeks.

It's amazing how there's all this hype about how quick and boosty blah blah, the Eclipse Thruster is.

Sounds like they have just caught up to my 06 Impact[}:)]

Freed.

SimonP,
I hope you enjoyed the experience.

the consensus of opinion is swaying in the direction of people wanting more depower range on the Thrusters. I actually like it, but I also used the adjustable stopper on my 06 Matrix to shorten the bar throw to even less than the eclipses. I just dig in and edge.

On my own 12m Thruster I have used the extra length of line under the neoprene cover at top, to lengthen the CL line. I plan on using the extra length to cleat off the cam cleat, so it stays up there until I want it without limiting bar travel.

For those that like more depower range either don't cleat off the stopper or while you have the knot undone, remove it. The extra depower range will be equivalent to pulling in depower strap about 140mm. Don't forget to also tie another knot in the red leaders attached to the tri-ring swivel, in order to shorten the front lines back to the original length.

My personal Bar also has a mini 5th line style safety leash that runs from a leash attachment ring at the suicide leash point, thru the bar and to the top of depower strap just below swivel. Now when you disconnect from CL and let bar go, kite drops and depowers much like an SLE. the down side of this is that it interferes a bit with setting the cleat but you get used to it.

Of course we need to remember the Thruster is the high performance Eclipse kite, those looking for normal BOW/SLE characteristics should be looking at the Chameleon. Or if comparing wave performance in 9m or less kites look to the Nano 6m or 9m.

They are all here in Brisbane! Anyone like to test them please contact us. Just need wind now!

No wind yet mate, standing by lol. Have around 6 people in the queue too lol. But I have like 8 demo kites here in the box so enuv for everyone

sounds like blantant pimping here..

Demo kites in Brissy for the last weekend. Anyone keen to try please contact us.

I have a Nano 6 here which belongs to The Eclipse rep.
But have only flown on the beach.
loaned it to Sparrow for a week and he was impressed with how it flew but wanted more wind.
I'm 95kg and use a 125x39 board so I'm looking for serious wind.
looks like serious wind tomorrow for our Pt Danger to Barwon heads down winder. my heart says take the 9m ImpactSL which is wicked fun or bite the bullet and test the Nano.

the Nano 6 is fast but very controllable and grunty, heaps of power range. that's the beach flying feel and on 20m lines. It really feels like it wants to be in waves(take that as just a feeling not as fact).

I think the Eclipse rep may have an 08 Nano meeting him in Fiji, fingers crossed.