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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.
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I think something between a parawing and a kite would probably sell to non- kiters. Shortish lines so easy to launch but long enough to sine and generate power for low end. Would require a bigger board than kitefoil. Probably worst of both worlds - can’t stow and surf hands free like a parawing and don’t have the low end of a kite. But I still think it would sell for cruising around / adventure foiling / low wind back up.
