Aaaah - interestingdandaka wrote:Just had crazy argument with my friend about it, so need some advice from you, folks
When you pop with kite steady at 45°, you have different forces, that give you height. I think they are:
1. Pull from your kite
2. Pull from stretched lines
3. Push from your legs
4. Small kicker from wake under your board
5. Your body as spring, that contracts and extends
These forces all together give you height. Question is which one is biggest? Specially when you jump like 2x body height.
That comes from pop AND from the tension in the line.dandaka wrote:Peter, thank you for detailed explanation
What about jump on flat water on a wakeboard in a cable park? There is no AOA to change, but you edge and release to get pop. Does it have different mechanism?
I think it is very different, yes.dandaka wrote:Peter, thank you for detailed explanation
What about jump on flat water on a wakeboard in a cable park? There is no AOA to change, but you edge and release to get pop. Does it have different mechanism?
Not true...peet wrote:Snip...
To get big height you need to have a big kite - as you can see on the PKRA comps, where the riders are much more powered than us mere mortals would want to hold down. You can only pop so high/so hard - to get higher you need more kite power.
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