Kitepower Australia said..Interesting that each year we seem to get another "amazing" adaption on the LEI kite. Each year they turn a bit faster and have better bottom, we joked the other day at work, wondering why they are not flying in zero wind if they have progressively better low end each year?
I'd be curious to fly one, but am pretty sure from reading all the hype and marketing blurb, that they will be as big a flop as their sails are floppy.
This is where I'd disagree. This is slightly different from the typical adaptations of the bow, it's more in line with the ultra flat bows. Every year, people say the standard design of kites (Switchblade/Rebel/etc) turn faster and have bigger range but new designs like this kite do legitimately have better bottom end, the question is whether they survive because of where they sacrifice performance. As an example, the ultra flat kites had better low end, great jumping and good hang time but were extremely slow turning which was horrible.
These strutless kites have fast turning and better low end, the question now is what sort of sacrifice does it take to make this happen? (if any)
