depower? differences betwen kites?

[Guest]

is there much difference betwen the depower range betwen the different kites?

[sq225917]

yeh loads.

2000 kites 20-30%
2001 kites 20-40%
2002 kites 30-60%
2003 kites 40-70%

give or take a few percent.

[Guest]

I have just tryed the new black tip from cabrinha...its a great kite...but what i was most impressed by, was the realy short depower line..i mean, from full power to ful depower it was only about 25 cm...

[Guest]

ok....maybe 30cm.. but still much shorter than what i had on my airblast...

[Phil]

Do you think that the depower range is large enough on the 2003 Black Tip?
By the way, I am a little bit confused with the new kite generation flying on the front line. I understand that they work the best with slack back lines, hence very little difference between normal fly and depowered fly. Am I right?
Need your view guys....

[Peter_Frank]

ok....maybe 30cm.. but still much shorter than what i had on my airblast...

Are you sure ?

My Airblasts could be sheeted fully up and down in less than 30cm, for sure !

You were not using bridles, were you ?
With bridles you get twice the depower distance, for the same amount of kite depower - so you must always compare without bridles.

[Guest]

Hi
Between the kites is a huge difference when it comes to depower.
The kite with most depowerrange is the psycho.
But it is not a kite for everyone.
The titan comes quite close to the depower of the psycho.
The amount of depower reflects the width of a kites windrange.
I like Leis too, but up to now I dont know any kite that tops the windrange/depower of a psycho.

Thisl

[Sake]

North Rhino - hardly any depower
Wipika Airblast - huge depower