No doubt there are some improvements made over other single skin kites I've flown / seen.
IMO These kites are mostly useful for long distances land expeditions (buggy, snow kiting) where kite weight and packing size are important. You can carry as many as 4 sizes of these with the same weight and packing size as a single inflatable kite!
Other than that, they don't perform so well under strong load, heavy gusts, etc. Not to mention they are very fragile due to the light materials they are built with.
To properly test these kites they should put a heavy guy on a TT in 20 to 30 knots winds, they you'll see how it really performs.
The videos from the guys at Kitefinder could be more thorough, kites should always be tested in a variety of conditions/situations before giving some feedback.
Christian
Why are we reinventing the wheel? Flysurfer Peak, NASA wings, Peter Lynn Uniq, and others have surprised and surpassed all tests. Besides kiteboarders want performance and safety out in the water. Who cares whether it's single,dual or LEI? I just want a kite that works and obviously there are currently plenty that do.
Ultimate travel quiver: 10m + 17m of these beauties with carbon bars, stubby foil board with dismantleable foil - light and compact! Could throw in a tt and still be under 20kg. Test for foil will be up wind capability imo
This hybrid aim to get the benefits of single skin to be safe on water seems commendable. I've been messing around with SS kites for a while. They have a lot of advantages - water relaunch not being one of them. My main interest is for kite boating. To this end, their scalability and rapid inflation (which term seems a bit odd for a single skin), which provides some good launch possibilities, are big (potential) advantages.
Christian, I'd not discount their strength or pulling power. Here is some video (
