I own a smart kite...just purchased it. Haven't had it
out yet but I can tell you it has a huge wind range.

Darren
--- woodman_k <woodman_k@...> wrote:

> Hung
> I remember you were playing with a concept air kite
> as a shape
> shifting flat to sled kite.
> Conceptair now makes it. Its called the "smart".
> Have you tried it?
>
> Stan
>
>
> --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, hungvu2000@...
> wrote:
> >
> > We had this battle about sled .vs. flat long time
> ago.
> >
> > Sled more or less won due to its inherent
> stability and
> the "mysterious"
> > sled boosting effect. Read
> >
>
http://www.kitesurfingschool.org/kite.htm#Sled_Boosting
> for the
> sled
> > boosting effect.
> >
> > Even with flat LEI, the kiters' preference is SLE,
> not flat bow.
> SLE
> > has more stability and "sled boosting" effect
> while offering full
> > depower (actually, it's the full depower that is
> important and not
> the
> > flatness of the kite).
> >
> > Do we want a flatter flat LEI? flatter than bow?
> We have foils
> which
> > are probably better and more efficient. Back to
> the future with
> foil?
> > I had this wonderfully sled/foil kite that can
> behave as a foil or
> sled
> > up to the desire of the kiter a while ago...
> >
> > What is next for kites?
> >
> > P.S., I was posting a message about bridle on the
> trailing edge of
> flat
> > LEI a while ago on these groups and it looks like
> someone is
> seriously
> > working on it. Sounds like our discussions at the
> various Yahoo
> > kitesurf groups are always first in trend and
> direction (the same
> thing
> > happened with Flat LEI via the original discussion
> at
> >
>
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kitesurf/message/67005
> )
> >
> > Hung
> >
>
>
>




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