| Sky Shark™ Competition Air Frames are world renowned as
the very best competition tubes. It is no wonder, the best
flyers in the world use Sky Shark™ Air Frames. The facts
speak for themselves, there is no equal to the weight to
stiffness of Sky Shark™. The consistent quality of the
fibers and tubes offer un-matched reliability and
performance. Sky Shark™ is commited to bringing the the very
best to kite flyers of all abilities. Whatever level of kite
you fly or manufacture, use the very best products, Sky
Shark Kite™ Products. The New Sky Shark™ PT Series Tapered Competition
Air Frames arehere!.
We believe that they are the very best Air Frames available. These
new tapered air frames are exceptional. We have increased stiffness
up to 50%. What's the secret? New material combinations!
All of our Sky Shark PT series tapered tubes are made on the same
mandrels. This means that all of the inside diameters are the same,
at .244 I.D. You can use a .2400 or 6mm ferrule across the range.
I want to interject at this point to explain what has transpired
in the transition from original Sky Shark to the new series of Sky
Shark ll tubes:
2pt at 32.5" -
The old tubes had a build up of material between 10" and 12.75" from
the large end . This was done to make the tube stronger where the
lower connectors are placed in the leading edge pockets. This was
only good if the kite design fit the application of the build up
placement. We also built up the small end about 2" to stop any
crushing. The tubes always weighed about 8 grams. It is also
important to note that there is sometimes a variance of weight on
wrapped tubes because the material can vary from batch to batch
depending on the resin content. We've stopped putting the upper
build up on the tubes. After lots of discussion with flyers it
seemed if tubes were breaking they were breaking at the transition
from the build-up to the body of the tube. The build up area was
causing a stress riser (weak area). We continued with the build up
at the tip and we also went to a different material which increased
strength. But to keep the tubes as stiff we had to make the new
tubes a gram heavier. We also had to do this with the 2p. As far as
replacements with the old, you could not tell the difference.
3pt -32.5" -
The only change here is that we also did away with the build up area at
the 10" to 12.75" area for the same reasons. The weight stayed the same
with the new material. The deflection is the same and the tube is very
strong for it's 12 to 12.5 gram weight.
5pt-32.5" -
No real change , if anything the tube is more durable than
ever. The weight is16 grams.
7pt-32.5" -
No real change. It's our stiffest tapered tube. Weight 20
grams.
All 40'' tapered tubes stayed the same.
New Zero-Air -
Use .240 or 6mm tube for a ferule. |
