Has anyone tried hydrofoiling on a two-line kite?
I’m just curious, because that was what I learned to kitesurf on back in the day…
Recently, an old friend of mine shared some photos of his young son riding a 3m trainer kite with a twintip, so I’m wondering how that might go with a hydrofoil.
Trainer kite madness?
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Re: Trainer kite madness?
Depends on the kite, but can not see any problem with this.
Actually a Peak kite can easily be used as a two liner, say unhooked which would be the same.
They are 2½ m2 or 3 m2 only, but work fine from 15 knots and up for average weights.
It will work WAY better with a hydrofoil than on a TT I would say, because you can fly power into the trainer kite for popping up on foil, and you dont need power once foiling.
Just opposite to a TT where you need the same power for riding, all the time.
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Actually a Peak kite can easily be used as a two liner, say unhooked which would be the same.
They are 2½ m2 or 3 m2 only, but work fine from 15 knots and up for average weights.
It will work WAY better with a hydrofoil than on a TT I would say, because you can fly power into the trainer kite for popping up on foil, and you dont need power once foiling.
Just opposite to a TT where you need the same power for riding, all the time.
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Re: Trainer kite madness?
You can, and this was six years ago when big foil wings were not as good as they are now:
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