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Postby iriejohn » Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:35 am
Higher bar pressure is also "in the physics" because it can, through increased leverage, help to increase edge pressure.
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Postby kitexpert » Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:47 pm
dylan* wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:40 pm
kitexpert wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:01 pm
dylan* wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:48 pm
kite turns faster on the lower bar pressure setting
If your steering input is same (bar movement) kite will turn slower with low bar pressure setting.
no
You think kite turns faster if your move it less (your steering input is smaller)?
dylan* wrote:
you have more leverage when the line is attached closer to the tip, so when you move the bar the kite will immediately start to turn and in a tighter arc.
No, longer lever arm means smaller movement at the kite.
Kite turns always tighter (completes turn faster) if it is pulled more on one side. Same movement at the bar turns kite more if backlines are closer to LE. However this needs greater force because lever arm is shorter. This heavier bar feel can make kiter think kite turns slower and if kiter doesn't compensate it will indeed turn slower.
Peter_Frank wrote:True, it does not change the "power" whatsoever...
It may if and when it turns kite to higher AoA and kite tolerates it without backstall. But like many have already written how kite gives power in practice is not that simple.
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