Sounds to me like you just need to be downlooping the kite to ensure you keep control.nothing2seehere wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:50 pm(I'm talking 9-10knots average with maybe 6-7 knot lulls)
Sounds to me like you just need to be downlooping the kite to ensure you keep control.nothing2seehere wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:50 pm(I'm talking 9-10knots average with maybe 6-7 knot lulls)
Possibly? The question is how do you know when to downloop though (bearing in mind I'm often carrying a hydrofoil at the same time). My general experience is that when an LEI stalls it maintains shape so you can downloop to recover. When a soft kite stalls it loses all shape so a downloop is too late for recoverySlappysan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:01 pmSounds to me like you just need to be downlooping the kite to ensure you keep control.nothing2seehere wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:50 pm(I'm talking 9-10knots average with maybe 6-7 knot lulls)
I've done research on this past week on this forum, and came across some of your (Jake) posts as well. I found this post from Armin interesting as well: viewtopic.php?f=197&t=2399061&p=1033088 ... a#p1033088jakemoore wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:13 pm
The recovery characteristic of the kite can be tuned with the PMA. I like to think of the PMA as affecting how the kite behaves with the bridle lines slack and the mixer affecting how the kite behaves with the bridle lines tight. You might try with one or all of the top skin PMA shortened by one knot. However I would mess with the PMA only after all other other options are completely exhausted. First practice with a salt free kite and tune line length and mixer.
10-11 knots is easy relaunch territory unless big waves are crashing over the kite, a strong current reduces the effective wind, or a wind gradient with no wind on the water level. The first thing is not to freak out and pull water into the kite.
You've got the wrong mindset, you can't be waiting for your kite to stall and then recover. If the wind is that light or that shifty you have to be actively flying your kite or you give up control to the wind. So if it's light enough that you can downloop as you walk with your foil in your hands without it pulling you too much then you should probably be doing it.nothing2seehere wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:34 amPossibly? The question is how do you know when to downloop though (bearing in mind I'm often carrying a hydrofoil at the same time). My general experience is that when an LEI stalls it maintains shape so you can downloop to recover. When a soft kite stalls it loses all shape so a downloop is too late for recovery
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