Herman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:51 amInteresting skate story. I think if you were designing a kite for clean ice racing you might need to go for adjustable camber to cope with the enormous apparent wind that can be generated. Ice rigs have or used to have very flexible masts so that they could be bent to remove camber from the sail as speed increased. Trouble is I guess you would need a vast expanse of ice to have enough room to make a race skate kite fun, and the speeds would be crazy dangerous.
PS. Fixed bridle kites tend to feel more “powerful” than the equivalent depower foil for some of the same reasons imho.
I'd like to see a video of that! It seems to me that Regis-de-giens is the light winds video champion and he is just not putting out many recommendations for single skin kites in very light winds.drsurf wrote: I went to our local beach yesterday and I could only register a maximum of 7 knots anywhere on the beach or dunes. Other kiters turned up and waited for more wind but gave up. I decided to get out my large kite, 5m Peak4, which I had not used this season. One swoop through the window and I was up on my foil and was powered up enough for a good session on my own
Compare Soul 6 to Soul 10. Compare small and large Concept Air Waves. Compare Chrono (11m+ Only) to Hyperlink down to 5m. Manufacturers are making small kites in accessible models.Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:04 pm"Finally, many of the smaller foil kites are de-tuned to avoid injuring the rider."
What do you mean with this?
De-tuned in which respect(s)?
Peter
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