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  1. Pirateking
    Started power kiting in 1978 which makes me decidely crumbly looking at the poll so far
  2. Pirateking
    Most powerful we ever tested per square metre was an Inflight Vector 5 (1994) which measured out at 40kg per square metre in 22mph of wind and resolved as 34kg vertical lift (you figure out the drag figure.
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    Blade III was designed to fly on either handles or bar- as supplied by Flexifoil bar is only a main power line steer system with emergency brake line kill on centre. Quite possible to rig the kite as variable "drag" (and hence variable L/D system) system by adding a webbing adjuster a la Kitesurf kites to the centre of the bar- I know of at least three people who fly like this- stops the kite overflying and makes precision positioning in the sky much easier. This is not a VPS- you have to change the angle of attack of the foil to effect this and then the effect is usually quite limited especially on thicky foils like the Blade.
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    Power generated is a function of the value of lift coefficient, wind speed and surface area. L/D ratio will tell you what angle your kite will fly at. High lift coeff kites (Blade, other thickies) produce lots of power in low wind but tail off as wind speed increases (proportionately that it). Weight of kite (except for some of the overweight kitesurf stuff) always works out at about 160-220g sq metre and is minor compared to aerodynamic lift generated by the wing. Don't know about the Bego 600 being a light wind kite- needs at least 8mph to fly- USE a proper wind speed meter if you must quote minimum flying speeds! I would pick an Inflight Vector 5 (out of production) as being the best ever low wind foil although a re-adjusted Bullet 4.5 isn't bad
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