Hey Tom,
I actually made a Speedfoil 6 back in 2018. I found it to be a rather difficult kite to build because it is a series of very small foil cells but
stuck with it and finished it. It was imperfect for sure, and I didn't want to spring for the rather expensive spar so I made one (as recommended in
the various plans out) from a cheap War-Mart fishing poles. I also made one from some cheap electrical "fish"tape, doubling up the stiffer middle
spars to create the right shape as best I could. I just dug the kite out and looked at it - I saw you no place where I tried to put on extra brake
lines. As I recall it doesn't have a great window and you need a pretty decent amount of wind to fly it. Basically, you really work the kite in a
looping fashion and it can pull a lot for it size. The idea is mainly to get it flying really fast. Relaunching was hard unless you had a lot of
wind as well. I don't how well mine compared to the actual Flexfoil Stacker - perhaps not very well. But I learned a lot in building it but decided
not to pursue that design again. Given the nature of this kite design, I kind of doubt that adding brake lines would help. If flies off of 2 lines
only with no bridles, so the shape is really intended to fly w/o any brake tension.
I no longer have the spars but if you would like the kite and figure out how to build your own spars you are welcome to it gratis. PM me if would
like to pursue it. The link below shows the plans I built it from. There are other plans on that site some for the flexfoil stacker (or close copy)
which might give you insight into what you are wondering about. They are all listed under the 2 line power kite section.
https://www.kiteplans.org/pln_596/
NPW Test Pilot -US99
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