This bridle issue is of course only a part of a foil kite design. It seems that many kite companies/designers just don't care, or they don't know/can't do it better or they don't have time/interest to study how it could be done better. And after all it is true that effect to kite flight properties is usually not big (as far as bridle does its basic function properly) between very good and mediocre bridle design. In race kites this kind of optimizations are more important.foilholio wrote: If it is really as easy as 30mins to design a better bridle then it is hard to believe that these kite companies would not invest that short amount of time to adopted such a bridle. The fact such a "better" bridle isn't used suggest to me that it is not better and must have some serious draw backs. I would think if you were more of an expert than the expert you claim you might guess what the draw backs could be. Looking out side a singular scope may help. Like there is more than one style of kiteboarding, there would be more to making and selling kites than just designing the highest performance. Otherwise we would be all using solid carbon wings.
From what I know designing the Halo was an 18 month project with several prototypes built before the final version so hard to believe that no time was spent designing the bridle. If there was an optimum bridle design I guess everybody would be using that and nothing else.foilholio wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:46 amIf it is really as easy as 30mins to design a better bridle then it is hard to believe that these kite companies would not invest that short amount of time to adopted such a bridle. The fact such a "better" bridle isn't used suggest to me that it is not better and must have some serious draw backs. I would think if you were more of an expert than the expert you claim you might guess what the draw backs could be. Looking out side a singular scope may help. Like there is more than one style of kiteboarding, there would be more to making and selling kites than just designing the highest performance. Otherwise we would be all using solid carbon wings.
Thank you! Been waiting for someone to comment on this kite who’s actually ridden it!ronniejamesgio wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:24 pmSince I have not heard much about this kite except negative reviews by people who havent really seen or tried the kite, I'm going to put my 2 cents in, after flying the Halo now around three times or so;)
And also, does anyone know why F-one does not seem to care in promoting this kite? Except that one lonely video on their site...
Anyways, up to this moment I've tried two 10m and and one 12m Halo and I really am impressed. As a kiter who's mostly flying a Flysurfer Soul 12m I really liked the Halo, especially the 10m. I have tried both the 8 & 10m Souls and they both seem to stand far behind the Halo. The Halo has a really impressive turning speed, almost no bar pressure except when jumping and is as impulsive as a softkite can get.
Admittedly the Soul is easier to launch since it fills up quicker, but that's also due to my lazyness to prefill the Halo properly. Both the Soul 12 and Halo 12 are quite similar in behaviour, though as a general attribute the Halo is way more impulsive and develops its power out of little steering manoeuvres, whereas the Soul 12 has an even power development. These things are all to personal taste, thus I really prefer the reactivity and quickness of the Halo.
Here's a little low quality video of me trying the Halo in 10 metres:
I have tried several softkites and I'd advise everyone of you to give this one a try, it's truly an enrichment to the market!
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