edham said..
I don’t think the plume is supposed to have very good low end. I was thinking about longer line / bridle length to improve low end than anything else. I think I remember Greg from BRM saying on a podcast that during his latest development process which resulted in the S3 he tried longer lines so he could start with a smaller board, but that came at the expense of stash ability.
Similarly on the Mattonfoil podcast Greg said that instead of carrying a bigger parawing as a back up, a line set would take up much less space.
I was guessing that something like 3-5m lines/bridles could give better low end while still being possible to launch on the water /in spots where you can’t launch a kite. I tried flying a peak on the bridles only, which are longer than a Parawing’s but the bridles are much more complicated and would not be fun on the water.
You are right. Plume does not have low end. But 5m are comfortable in up to 16m/s wind with gusts.
The Peaks, I bought, were modified by person who spent half a year playing with bridles and trying to find optimal tuning. For me it is more than magic. When I will get into kite and get some knowledge, then it would be interesting to experiment. But first I have to learn to fly it.
