Scorpion                       ()             $$$$
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Marty Sasaki, Andrew Beattie, Light-Bearer  Dec 1992

Manufacturer: Flexifoil International
Materials:    Carrington Novare

Wind Range:  *no info*
Span:        *no info* 
Height:      **
Type:        Delta

Reviews:

The Scorpion is manufactured by Cobra, who used to import the 
Phantom.  Cobra's official line is that the quality of the Phantom's 
was declining and they couldn't get the quantity that was desired. So, 
Cobra started making the Scorpion. I haven't flown the Scorpion enough 
to form much of an opinion, but my gut reaction is that it's a nice 
enough kite, but there are lots of better kites out there, many of 
them for a lot less money. - Marty Sasaki 

This kite qualifies simply by being extremely GOOD. It simply does 
exactly what you want it to do.  Leading edge launches (leading edge 
on the ground), belly launches (bridle side down, nose away from you), 
floating sideways across the window, with the nose pointing upwards 
(slide), moving from standard launch into a tip-stand without leaving 
the ground, holding a tip stand for a minute or more...  This kite 
just does what you tell it.- Andrew Beattie, Dec 1992.  

I love this kite! This is the kite I will probably pull out the most 
when I want to do alot of stall tricks and ground work; and as the add 
says, "it'll make you feel like the pros." This is the easiest kite to 
launch on the leading edge that I've flown. It's great in light (4-
10MPH) winds, and even though Cobra says it'll go to 20 MPH, I won't. 
All the spars are 5.5mm Beman and I've already busted a leading edge. 
It will spin very tightly, but the turns "feel" unusual ---the kite 
rotation sort of accelerates into and out of the turns (increasing 
into, the decreasing out of the turns). It's very weird, but nice once 
you get used to it. Also be warned that, in contrast to most (US) 
kites, the static line on the bridle runs from the "T" to the clip, so 
tuning is a new adventure. I haven't really tried much fugure-type 
precision flying with it yet, since I get too excited fooling around. 
I highly recommend this kite, but test fly it first since you may not 
like the weird feel while turning. 

Light-Bearer (lucifer@emx.cc.utexas.edu)