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Old 08-21-2006, 02:27 PM
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Huh? How is pushing the bar out to depower the kite (causing it to invert) a product of inexperience?
YES, it is. it is in the way and the amount that the bar is pushed out that causes it to invert. i.e. , flying fast depowered across the powerzone is almost 100% guarranty invert

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You are saying one should ride a certain way (avoid depowering??)
YES, only depower to what is necessary to avoid getting lofted, but still keep a good amount of power on.


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to avoid the fatal flaw of these kites?
Not a fatal flaw, laws of physice and rider error. All kites will invert if put under the same equivalent stress, i.e. inverse airflow pattern


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What happens if you fall on a wave and accidentally let go of the bar??? The kite inverts and lofts you into the rocks?!
I doubt it, the kite will most likely be overhead when in the waves and not in the powerzone so most likely a bow will depower and slowly fall out of the sky in this scenario unless the bar is grabbed quickly
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