I just got back from a light wind (12ish knots) session with my f-one bandit dos 14m. It's a pretty great kite, but heavy, thick LE and the fabric is far from crisp and has some patches.
The bridles on it are extra long, about 7 feet past the wingtips (the original bar came with different length lines, I fly it with standard lines and added 7/64s amsteel TE lines to even it up). So there's way more thick bridle material up there than any other kite I've ever seen, and then I added a little more. It is also generally worn about the leading edge, and has a few patches like I mentioned.
I know that light wind performance gets hard to judge because small variations in the wind make big differences, but it seems like it used to perform better. It still pulls incredibly hard once it's at the edge of the window but it seems like it's a little more difficult to force it there and it's speed going back through the window appears slower. Anyone want to offer an educated opinion on whether this could be happening due to increased drag on the kite, and would the effects be more noticable in light wind?