Although I do not own a flat LEI (bow kite) I have
read forums regarding the kite inverting. Supposedly
after that happens, there is little control in
depowering. I plan to buy a flat LEI bow kite by late
spring if the prices come down to what I would
consider reasonable. The prices for a Cabrinha Xbow
16m are around $1700 complete. I would consider
purchasing one if the price was around $1200-$1300.

George

--- hungvu2000@... wrote:

> Having used a new flat LEI in the last couple weeks
> on snow, my response
> is a definite yes for snow (assuming that all flat
> LEIs are somewhat
> similar).
>
> So far, there are almost no negative things about
> the flat LEI kite I used.
>
> The positive things are:
> - Depower: boy, can these flat kite ever
> DEpower. I've never had to
> use the safety leash and wonder whether you need it.
> There was a time I
> crash landed and the bar got off my hand, the kite
> lost control and shot
> across the wind window. I was not dragged around at
> all for that.
> - Relaunch on snow: even better than foil. You
> just let go off the
> bar and the kite will slowly drop and hover at the
> window edge waiting
> for relaunch. When you relaunch, it goes up slowly
> and not dragging you
> around like foil.
> - Less kite to carry around: A single 9m feels
> like a 8m/10m combo
> (or even a 7m/11m combo). Two kite quiver is now
> possible. For me
> probably a 9 and a 15 flat LEI.
>
> Jumping is very good and hang time is excellent.
> The condition have
> never been ideal so I did not have a chance to "take
> it to the limit";
> however, I would think its "take it to the limit"
> jumping and hang time
> performance would be better if not the same as the
> traditional LEIs.
>
> I will know more about it on water in spring.
>
> Hung.
>
>
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>
>


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