mgs wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:01 pm
I remember Hannes Papesh from Nova.
Nova Wings (Paragliding Company) also hosted "Boom Kites" does anybody else remember "Boom Kites"?
Kites included the "Vector" and the "Skite."
I do remember those kites. Quality products in their own way and they had pretty modern mixers. They were quite low or mid AR kites and didn't have that many cells. But there was half cell D-ribs which kind of doubled the cell count of upper surface.
However in those days they didn't know how to make foil kites turn properly or they didn't understand kites should be agile. Canopy curve was flat and wingtips were thin. Then you really had to crank huge 60cm bar to get some movement up there, looping 11.5m size needed some serious attitude
Bar feel was almost non existent, very low pressure and you really didn't have that much connection. No wonder C-kite users of those days thought they were completely crappy kites
There wasn't much bridle lines, so in that respect there certainly was some effort in design. However existing lines were very very long...