Description
For this sixth generation, the STRIKE retains everything that built its reputation, with a perfectly balanced design and extensive work on fabric tension to maintain a stable profile even when overpowered. These key adjustments make the new STRIKE even more efficient and effortless to use in all disciplines and conditions.
- Optimized fabric tension for greater stability across the entire wind range
- Sweep Control Panel for ideal trailing edge tension control
- Improved forward traction and excellent planing starts
- Efficient pumping and easy upwind performance
- Extended high-end range while maintaining exceptional comfort
This sixth STRIKE offers enhanced stability, excellent upwind ability, and consistent speed. It delivers even more forward traction and pumping efficiency, expanding its high-end range while remaining intuitive and comfortable.
The Sweep Control Panel, maintained on the leading edge, regulates trailing edge tension and reinforces the front part of the leading edge, while controlling its rearward deformation, allowing just the right amount of lateral flex for comfort and energy transfer when pumping.
PERFORMANCE FEATURES
On the water, this latest STRIKE impresses with its smoothness and ability to work with you: every gust is converted into forward propulsion, with reduced arm strain, easier upwind performance, and flawless control.
Lightweight, stable, and versatile, the sixth-generation STRIKE excels across all disciplines. Powerful in freeride, sharp in freestyle, and always enjoyable in freefly, it stands as the benchmark for riders seeking a wing that is both accessible and high-performing in all conditions.
SAIL ENGINEERING
Sail engineering is the science of controlling our design and its behaviour while flying. These features have been created with one goal in mind: Mastering the kite’s loads to maintain the desired shape for the longest time.
- WARP TENSION LINE
Woven fabrics feature a longitudinal 0° yarn (Warp) and a transversal 90° yarn (Weft). Therefore, a fabric has great elongation resistance and strength capacities if you apply tension at 0° or 90° along the yarns. But it will deform and stretch when tension is applied at, let’s say, 45° - LOAD CONTROL PANELING
When engineering the load control paneling, we make sure that fabrics panels are warp/weft oriented, meaning that the load path runs through the yarns. Fabric and seams are then in the best position to receive tensions and maintain the original kite shape. - STAGGERED SEAMS
Most of the kite’s back lines tension is distributed through the trailing-edge panels and seams. As seams are significantly stiffer than the fabric they join, they tend to strain under loads and therefore deform the profile. The staggered seams break that line of tension by balancing the stiffness between seams and cloth, which helps distribute the load over a wider area and maintain the original shape even under high loads. - FABRIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Our sails feature four different cloth weights, from 52 up to 155gr/m². Sail engineering allows us to control our shape and drive load tensions without using heavy fabrics or bulky designs, therefore we can reduce fabric’s weight and use. It results in a lighter, optimized kite.
HITEX
To meet the specific needs of the development of wings and kites, and to offer a high-performance and durable product without using inaccessible materials, F-ONE has developed HITEX, a new high tenacity polyester. Available in 158g, and exclusively for F-ONE in 178g, this new material is incredibly resistant to elongation and increases the durability of wings and kites.
HITEX is an innovative, high tenacity polyester fiber with an enhanced high-quality weaving and coating that increases the fabrics’ resistance. The 178g is a new weight and perfectly matches the needs of the center strut and center of its leading edge. The lighter 158g is used in the leading edge tips. Used throughout the inflatable structure of the wings and kites and designed to handle the high pressures when inflating, HITEX offers performance and resistance. Thanks to extensive Sail Engineering work, the R&D team has placed each weight of HITEX in different areas allowing absolute control of the shape session after session.
TECHNOFORCE
TEIJIN’s TECHNOFORCE™ is the most reliable high density polyester fabric. Its tear-stopping structure using thin and high tension yarn makes the fabric ultra-durable.
It has a great proven track record of lightness and durability.
REACTOR VALVE
The reactor inflation valve offers a high flow connection that twist locks the pump hose to the kite for an easy and super-fast inflation and deflation at the push of a button.
It provides a high air flow rate between the struts and leading edge.
SWEEP CONTROL PANEL
The Sweep Control Panel provides dynamic and precise control of the wing’s sweep angle by improving tension control. Thanks to this innovation, the trailing edge remains taut, guaranteeing stability, upwind abilities, speed and long-lasting performance overtime.
SIZES
| Sizes (m2) | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| Wind range (knts) | 35+ | 30+ | 28 – 38 | 25 – 35 | 22 – 32 | 18 – 28 | 14 – 25 | 12 – 22 | 10 – 20 |
| Wing Span (m) | 1,99 | 2,24 | 2,47 | 2,67 | 2,91 | 3,11 | 3,31 | 3,40 | 3,48 |
| Weight (kg) | 1,57 | 1,76 | 1,92 | 2,1 | 2,25 | 2,39 | 2,58 | 2,75 | 2,89 |
* Wind ranges are provided as a guideline for a 75 kg rider
Note: Thes wings are sold without handles
