For me, my two major local launches (one of which is always solo) have narrow beaches with side shore winds. Very easy to hot launch the Peaks. Onshore launches with a narrow space between trees would also allow easy hot launching in a spot that could otherwise be impossible or very difficult to launch from.. If you have a big, open & wide beach it's less of an issue.bkkite wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:47 am
Can you expand on why you can launch these in places you can't launch other kites?
Also, how much worse is the upwind ability?
I'm about 210lbs, and I've been riding an Apollo 60 (similar to a Moses 633, but a touch smaller). I just switched to a single strut core xlite 12m, but im interested in the ability to launch in tougher spots and having even more drift
I don't think upwind ability is that much of a concern. It's certainly significantly less than a high aspect double skin foil kite, but not very different from a mid aspect LEI kite.