Regis-de-giens wrote:
So IMO marginal wind flight ability allows you to either reduce your swimming risk
I don't know, or is the opposite true
If wind is very low there is a risk it will go near zero and it is game over no matter what kind of kite it is. Of course it has some interest to push the limits, but it is not for great majority of kiters, including hydrofoilers.
Personally I just don't want to push the envelope too much (if I do I prefer to do it on the snow/ice, then I can go to 4-6kn depending wind and surface quality, but it is quite lame). I just had decent foil day with a LEI, no white water or other kiters. No difficulties to keep kite in the air, I guess it was about 8-9kn. If it is lower than that there is something else to do.
You can as well measure 15m Pulsion, very probably it has same airfoil as 18m Pulsion.