Depower kites:
- Much greater wind range
- More complex to fly
- Good for boarding and buggy jumping. Not so good (generally) for static flying.
- Able to jump much higher
- Generally much more expensive
- Can be made much bigger
Fixed bridle kites:
- Not such a good wind range – you need to change kite size often as the wind speed increases.
- Much simpler to fly
- Good for static flying as well as boarding and buggy racing
- Not able to jump as high (safely)
- Generally better value for money
- Power can be difficult to control beyond 9/10m, though some racekites go larger; e.g. u-turn nitro (15.4m) |