Well fone bandit is a light 3 strut kite imo.
If you want the lightest then it might not be the one, but it definately stays easily in air, and has large depower. Same fluttering when depowered.
Very true - although, the water can be quite flat, so sometimes not much or any water up there and then the "suck" effect while the LE is on the water surface plus the kite weight is what matterstegirinenashi wrote:There is a large crevasse between leading edge and canopy, which is full of water when leading edge is down facing the water surface. I can imagine the weight of that water comparable to the weight of the whole kite. Therefore, the economy of having less vertical struts is false economy -- for reverse launch, at least.
I'd argue that having struts that hold the fabric up and keep the crevasse "open" could make it worse. The way kite usually drops down in light wind often keeps the water out of - slowly drifting down on the wingtip, rolling flat on LE. I seriously doubt any water in it would make much difference.tegirinenashi wrote:There is a large crevasse between leading edge and canopy, which is full of water when leading edge is down facing the water surface. I can imagine the weight of that water comparable to the weight of the whole kite. Therefore, the economy of having less vertical struts is false economy -- for reverse launch, at least.
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