Re: kite racing a one design???
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:31 am
add to that
one design fins
fixed line lengths, line diameter tolerances, line elasticity (ie no ultra thin high tensile linesets, also multiple length linesets..)
no ultralight kitebars technology
no cuben fibre/kevlar/americas cup sail technology 3d moulding of kites.. similar material kites
no hybrid lei/ram air/batton/complex pulley kites
no bladderless inflatable kite technology
no ultra light bladder kites
no strutless kites
no solid wing kites
no winglet/wing tip devices etc
these are my predictions i can think of
i see good and bad in both one design and box rule. i see one design as eating its way towards becoming more elitist though over time and it being hard to keep putting restrictions in place a s new technolgy ideas are developed, and the 25 knots average max limit for racing formula kiting events (sanctioned) has put me off too. just some ideas anyway.
one design fins
fixed line lengths, line diameter tolerances, line elasticity (ie no ultra thin high tensile linesets, also multiple length linesets..)
no ultralight kitebars technology
no cuben fibre/kevlar/americas cup sail technology 3d moulding of kites.. similar material kites
no hybrid lei/ram air/batton/complex pulley kites
no bladderless inflatable kite technology
no ultra light bladder kites
no strutless kites
no solid wing kites
no winglet/wing tip devices etc
these are my predictions i can think of
i see good and bad in both one design and box rule. i see one design as eating its way towards becoming more elitist though over time and it being hard to keep putting restrictions in place a s new technolgy ideas are developed, and the 25 knots average max limit for racing formula kiting events (sanctioned) has put me off too. just some ideas anyway.