Ok... sounds like a dumb question but here goes... many kite descriptions refer to "park and ride". I think I know what that means. name kind of gives it away. but what exactly is the opposite? do you need to sine and move the kite constantly to keep it flying? why? how much? if u stop does it fall out of sky? can you still park and ride a kite with low p&r rating? i see this mainly for more advanced and c-type kites? whats the advantage.
thanks

Park and ride means park your car and go for a ride !!

nah, pretty sure means kite sits in one spot while it's flying and you can ride along and pull off what ever tricks you want

Wow. I've never seen a kite flown like that! perhaps i should stick with park and ride kites on my tt or surfboard.

Chris_M said..
Don't 'park and ride' kites work a little more off the bar? In saying that I mean sheeting in or out will help to give you the power (or depower) you need to keep riding along.

Kites that are not park and ride require a little more active input - to increase power you'd need to do a few sines.

So the kites that are more bow shaped would be more likely advertised as park and ride and c kites need more sine-ing.

At least, that's what I have always thought.....

Yup, that was my understanding too.

Park and ride = low aspect ratio, instant power/depower when you pull or let out the bar, smaller wind range, can concentrate on surfing, more stable in the sky.Not park and ride = higher aspect ratio, low pull until you sine the kite a bit, harder to turn the power off, larger wind range, needs more input, more likely to rush to the edge of the wind window.

So surf kites are usually park and ride style so you can concentrate on the wave and get instant power/depower , and jumping kites are usually the opposite.

Sheet and go = park and ride?

montoya said..
but what exactly is the opposite?

Loop and crash

Boost and crash

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