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About us
Airdynamics is a specialised (i.e. small!) kite design and
manufacturing business based in Hereford, England. We make
hand-built kites aimed at the discerning 'serious' kite flyer.
Airdynamics is run by me, Peter Taylor and my partner Valerie. We
designed our first kite to fly pairs together, with no intention
to make them commercially, but people kept asking for them... So
way back in 1989 we set up Airdynamics and released our first
kite, the Dark Star. Special thanks to the late and legendary Ray
Bethell, our friend and mentor for many years.
This is our back story of kites, roughly in reverse chronological
order. We continue to service and repair all of these.
Insider
A nice all round performance/polyvalent kite, developed using
some of the design thinking from the T4 but re-engineered for
freestyle.
XE
Developed as a pure freestyle kite with less pull than the
Insider, the XE stayed in the range as an option for multi-kite
flying.
T4 Competition
The T4 series was developed for the Airheads team when we started
flying together. We retired this design earlier than planned in
2011 when the first prototypes of the T5 worked so well.
Odyssey
Very nice to fly, but didn't quite make the grade as a
replacement for the T2; I couldn't find the balance with the UL
and vented versions; but many of the ideas were incorporated into
the T4.
T2 Solo
The Solo is scaled-down (to 0.91 scale) from the T2 Competition
and re-engineered for solo flying. Detailed revisions brought the
Solo right up to date including roll up tricks. I still rate this
as a very good kite, but got rather overlooked in the shadow of
the T2. Replaced by the Insider.
Trancer
The original Trancer was as mad as a bag of monkeys. Fast, loads
of fun and fantastic in high wind. You could pull the lines
almost at random and 9 times out of 10 the Trancer would turn it
into a trick. The Trancer 2 was a bit more refined but still
bonkers.
T2 Competition
The T2 was our first full-size team kite, developed for the
original Airheads team and produced from 1996 to 2008. It became
one of the leading team kites used by Flame, Vortex and others and
picked up awards taking the top 2 slots (for the Zero and
Standard) in a group test of 10 by Aerialis. Picture shows Sky
Symphony at a display with the Red Arrows.
Outsider
Very competent freestyle kite, but overtaken by the hotrod T2
Solo for broad-based performance. This shows the limited edition
'Sign of the Times' version with applique based on a crop circle
design. Just one made in each colour.
Dharma
Over 10 years in production and through a range of variants, the
SP, SPiX and SR - The Dharma is still a lovely late afternoon
chill out kite...
Diva
Indoor kite, using Breeze tube. Used for setting an endurance
record for indoor flying - since broken! - but Breeze tube was
just way too expensive and fragile..
Dark Star
Our first design.
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