From this acquisition we were not disappointed. We had the steering mat now for 2 weeks in Corfu beach vacation almost every day in use. With wind force 2-3 can theoretically already flying, but that's not really the application area for this mat. In addition, the flight behavior in light wind is bitchy, especially if the material is wet (eg after unintentional water landing). Because it happens often that the mat suddenly collapses and as an empty trash bag coasts from heaven. The fun is guaranteed until slightly higher wind speeds. So it comes down to business with this speed traction kite from wind force 4 wind force 5 will then be final for sporting challenge. The tensile forces are very considerable and it actually takes a lot of power by uncontrolled knocked over by the traction kite or a "flying Robert" to be. Since it is then very grateful for the quality and padded hand straps! I'm curious how that is at wind force 6. This steering mat is actually nothing for children. I would say anything under 14 and without appropriate flight experience, stay away from this mat! I can speak from experience. My daughter is 15 and quite sporty. With wind force 5 it is critical to her. Started with the Traction-fly we have 2.1 traction kite last year with the HQ Symphony Beach. That's a really good-natured part, forgives mistakes and to learn the Traction-flying very well suited. Also from this "Beginner Mat" we were impressed by the speed and tensile forces. The new acquisition Symphony Speed 2.5 is an increase of worlds again - a real Ferrari, insanely fast and very agile. During the settling-phase we have the new steering mat repeatedly rammed pretty hard into the ground, because we are still far from being able to call ourselves a Lenkmatten experts. The very complicated and superbly finished construction has not resented it - regardless of whether the bumpy landings have taken place on water or land. Once we had hinbekommen even a crash in the middle of a thorn bush - I would say, normally a real killer for the material. But this crash, the Symphony Speed 2.5 notwithstanding coped, although I certainly would not recommend this kind of tests ... The R2F (stands for Ready to Fly) I can only confirm. The bridles of the mat are specially stitched and have a certain stiffness, so that never tangled something even if the steering pad, as described above, at low wind fall times as Kneuel from heaven. Conclusion: 5 points because of the immense fun factor, the super quality materials and meticulous workmanship.
