Thanks for your reply. I have designed and made about 20 foilkites in last 10 years. Sizes 3m2-12m2, AR's 3-6 and cells 20-36 and bridles quite a bit a more complex than in any LEI kite. I have also redesigned some older FS models bridles. No doubt LEI kites are more ridgid and they might be more intolerant to small changes. Anyway, kite is quite a large thing so a few mm change is proportionally very small. And, as I said, pulleys equalize forces. Finally, kite shape changes when powered/depowered. However, I respect your view and work. Bandit kites are my favourite LEI kites.
Is bridal system really so complicated? I doubt. Pulleys make the system self-adjusting, line lenghts then are not so critical. Of course the bridal points in the kite have to be in reasonable places. Many kiters prefer pulleyless bridles. That is strange, if we forget the wear issues. Pulleys are in the front line system, in power lines.They just divide forces, as Mr. Graham says, and kite flies better. Steering lines, which of course affect the most steering, are straigth lines to the kite.
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Thanks for your reply. I have designed and made about 20 foilkites in last 10 years. Sizes 3m2-12m2, AR's 3-6 and cells 20-36 and bridles quite a bit a more complex than in any LEI kite. I have also redesigned some older FS models bridles.
No doubt LEI kites are more ridgid and they might be more intolerant to small changes. Anyway, kite is quite a large thing so a few mm change is proportionally very small. And, as I said, pulleys equalize forces. Finally, kite shape changes when powered/depowered.
However, I respect your view and work. Bandit kites are my favourite LEI kites.
Nice, well said.
Is bridal system really so complicated? I doubt. Pulleys make the system self-adjusting, line lenghts then are not so critical. Of course the bridal points in the kite have to be in reasonable places.
Many kiters prefer pulleyless bridles. That is strange, if we forget the wear issues. Pulleys are in the front line system, in power lines.They just divide forces, as Mr. Graham says, and kite flies better. Steering lines, which of course affect the most steering, are straigth lines to the kite.
nice!