CHIMERA G9

 Today's legendary kite, the Pegas Chimera, that has been around since the birth of Czech kiting, now continue in it's ninht generation G9:

• intended also for beginners
•  new unique easy landing possibility and easy packing of the kite even in very strong wind
•  new, maximally effective safety system
•  exceptional stability and intuitive steering
•  easy to use
•  flying also in wind from 1 m/s
•  ideal for snowkiting and landkiting schools
•  developed and produced in Czech Republic
•  careful and precise manufacturing, use of high-performance materials

PERFORMANCE

The Chimera G9 went through en essential change in bridle setup. Thanks to this, the kite is now faster, more dynamic, and offers more performance also on the edge of the wind window. It comes with an enhanced ability to fly upwind which is very important for freeride. Moreover, the kite gives more power to jumps that will surely be appreciated by advanced riders.

The new Chimera G9 kites are continuing on a proven kite concept with a wide range of use. These kites triggered a kiting boom in Czech Republic in 2004 and since then they are undergoing a constant development. Nowadays, we offer very sophisticated and well tuned generation Chimera G8. The kite gives a maximal safety to beginners, but thanks to the brilliant fly characteristics, advanced kites will also be excited.  

TECHNOLOGIES

The Chimera kites are very popular especially because of their excellent steering and performance, extreme canopy stability and wide wind range. These characteristics have yet again been improved on the Chimera G9. Kiters will love the Chimera's better performance and faster turning while maintaing its highly efficient depower system with maximal safety. Predictable kite behaviour makes steering the Chimera kite absolutelly intuitive after just a few session. A basic performace setup can be further adjusted by a bar trim system while riding. Excellent flying characteristics are maintained across whole trim range.

Chimera G9 characteristics:

• maximal stability
•  intended for both beginners and advanced riders
•  high safety
•  new bridle setup comes with even better utilization of uplift forces on the leading edge, thus gives a higher performance also on the edge of the wind window
•  lower aerodynamic resistance- only 3 lines from bar to canopy
•  constant pull in the entire wind window range
•  easy start and possibility to depower the kite by steering lines
•  excellent depower efficiency and overall stability
•  low canopy weight
•  new trailing edge geometry
•  reinforcing of the leading edge for longer life and durability
•  openings in outer chambers for easy cleaning of snow, sand etc.
•  careful and precise manufacturing
•  can be ordered in various colors
•  composite bar with reinforced center piece
•  very good performace for both freeride and freestyle

DEVELOPMENT

Since 2011, Chimera kites are equipped by the more and more used autostable profile. Because of this, the kite is extremely stable in the entire flying window, including also at the window's edge. The kite is also very resistant against turbulences and absorbs wind gusts well. This is very important especially for beginners that, as a result, don't have to deal with unexpected situations, and they can rather fully enjoy their ride. 

When developing the new Chimera G9, our goal was very clear - maximal simplification of snowkiting and landkiting begins with an emphasis on safety. To be able to achive this, we had to not only improve the already excellent characteristics of the older models but also add some completely new features. Our new Chimera G9 walked through an essential innovation and now comes with the following characteristics: extreme stability, excelent steering with enhanced 3-lines steering system and maximal safety thanks to the totally new safety system. We have also managed to improve the performace of the kite and it's ability to climb. Moreover, the kite can fly also in very low wind

WEIGHT

Thanks to the carefully choosen materials and technologies, the weight of CHIMERA is extremely low, comparable only with kites of similar sizes made of light materials with shorter lifetime.The kites' weights are mentioned in the table below.

STEERING

The original Pegas bridle concept allowed steering lines system to be reduced to just 3 lines in full line lenghts. Moreover, apart from simplification of line connections and kite control, this solution also brings better steering and lower aerodynamic resistance.

Compared to other foil kites, the Pegas 3-lines steering system comes with an ability to turn not only by the braking of the trailing edge but also by acceleration of the opposite side caused by a lower inclination angle. Because of this, the steering ablity has been improved even more. Chimera G9 also has a bridle on the trailing edge. With these modifications, the turning radius and speed are similar to that of tube kites. The new bridle system also simplifies kite restarts and its landing.