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Control Gear
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While Flexifoil 2-line kites require significant push and pull arm movement to fly, the development of the Flexifoil 4-line kite required less arm movement. Flexifoil 4-line kites are flown with two lines on each handle: a top line (or power line), and a bottom line (or brake line). Flexifoil 4-line kites can still be flown with push and pull arm movement, but if the bottom brake line is pulled in, the bottom edge of the kite stalls and will cause the kite to turn on that bottom edge. This results in tighter turns with less arm movement - this is important if sitting in a Flexifoil kite buggy. |
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The Flexifoil 4-line bar system provides angle-of-attack adjustment. There is a semi-permanent attachment, known as the chicken loop, fastened to the Flexifoil kiter's harness via the front lines. Releasing the bar while still attached to the chicken loop causes the kite to assume its minimum angle of attack and therefore minimizes the pull generated. There is a safety mechanism so that the Flexifoil kite can be totally depowered by detaching from the chicken loop whilst still hanging on to the kite by a leash attached to one of the lines. |
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