It depends on which double skin kite you have. But there is no physic behind it. Peak 8m is same power than FRS 9m or Soul 8m.
Herman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:00 amJust to be jocular I won’t agree with either! If single skins were more powerful arguably they would be the race kite of choice. Power is a rate of energy per second and is watts needed to win races, bike or kite. However if we are talking pull I think Peter is on the money. This is not a new phenomenon, just ask people who remember the C quad!
Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:40 amI dont fully agree Tom.
For the big sizes, yes, it is a perceived impression they have more power, as sitting deeper, but not in reality.
For the smaller sizes though, I think they ARE more powerful.
For two reasons.
Most likely they have a camber with more power, as the goal is not range nor upwind, but ease and okay power and drift capabilities
Even more important though, the small ones are extremely fast turning and light thus accelerate in all directions, down or horizontal or up - which gives LOADS of more power overall, I am not in doubt about this
Peter
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