Yes, it really doesn't make much sense to try to make very small high performance kite. Simple low AR kite is ok and very possibly even better than more efficient kite when it is really windy.stefFZ wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:22 pmThat is called a CA wave ... they come in 4.5m and 3mAdventure Logs wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:24 pmI'm hoping FS comes out with a smaller size on the next gen Soul. Near single-skin performance with all the benefits of a traditional foil kite.
FS had 4m P3 long time ago but it was too difficult when it was really nuking. LEI*s were just better, more stable and controllable.
That is valid question why anyone should pay extra for small foil kite when there is small, almost unused second hand LEI kites around for small price. I paid mine 120€ (4m) an it is excellent. Simple, reliable (0 collapses/hindenburgs so far), faster, better to handle, faster, nice to loop, no upper end yet (tested 50kn or above, which was very scary though, I got lofted - ok I guess that was the upper limit ) etc. etc.