George,

Some flat LEI kites have the invert problems due to their flatness. The
flatter the kite, the more it tends to invert. I think that all future
flat LEI kites will not be too flat to remove this problem.

Also, you need some curve in the kite to get the "sled boosting" effect
as described in
http://kitesurfingschool.org/kite.htm#Kite%20Design%20Fundamentals
(heavy duty reading)

Hung.

George Sarris wrote:

>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.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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