come on nik,if north say its an idea thats not ready to go to market what they mean is they are waiting a year before they see how things pan out before releasing theirs. thats about as believable as some of gumballs spin. at least cabrinha have had the balls, good fortune, to take innovations to ma...
the kite with least pull has a better l/d ratio, less drag... it probably sits further forward in the window to achieve this.
you could make a 12m kite that pulled like 16 and a 12m that pulled like an 8m, its all about the shape. that said neither an 8m/12 or a 16m/12 would be much fun to ride.