Originally posted by John Holgate
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I heard some FB kites were responsive with certain bars(turbo comes to mind), thought I'd ask. |
As far as the Turbo Bar goes, it all depends on the kite. PL's and Century's I've tried on the bar have been woeful to ordinary as they prefer front
line input. Methods, Imps, Flows, Beamers, seem fine with rear line input and fly perfectly well with the bar. I would never argue that handles give
you four independent inputs to control your kite which the turbo bar cannot do. But, I would also argue that I've never needed to do anything with
the kite that I could not do with the turbo bar. And as it 'magnifies' the brake input when turning, it can turn a seemingly slowish kite into
something really zippy. I flown a Blade V 4m on the bar and it flew and turned beautifully. It certainly does not 'dumb down' the whole experience -
other types of bars may well do that, but I have no experience with them. |