I've just started flying a foil kite and have been looking for tips on how to use it.
Its flying characteristics are so different from my LEI kites. I've flown it 3 times, one of which was just on the beach in 3-5kts. I'm finding that I am too prone to pull the bar in too far, choke the airflow and lose power, whilst I'm actually trying to increase it!
I tried a down loop, but found that I didn't get much extra power. Having read one post on the 'new foil kite' thread, it implied that I probably had the bar pulled in too far. So it seems that airspeed of the kite is paramount to generate more apparent wind and thus power from the kite.
In addition to searching this forum I've looked on YouTube to no avail, is there anywhere that provides more detailed information please?
I come from having sailed a range of craft and have had to learn new techniques for each, some of which felt very alien and against what I'd learned (e.g. use of jib in slow dinghies kept pinned in upwind & play main to keep boat flat whereas in twin trapeze dinghies planing upwind, jib is freed off before mainsail).
So I appreciate that this is currently very much a case of 'pilot error', but I'd love to accelerate my learning and get the full benefit that these high performance wings offer.