it was reviewed as beeing extremely lightweight. that special cuben fiber was something interesting.
i still wonder if one can built a PL-arc - alike tubekite.
*single skin
*very high aspect ratio
if one removes all but the leading edge strut, and add straps similiar to those internal straps of PL arcs and make the leading edge tube even
thinner.. somehow like the naiboo morphine.. could be the light-wind arc i am dreaming of.
remembers me of a dream i had last night: was helping someone at the beach that bought a used pl phantom. showed him how to prefill the arc and how
to launch. the interesting thing was: the phantom felt filled hard, like an air mattress. really hard filled, stable profile.
woke up and thought about a kite concept where you inflate a veery high aspect ratio profile. something like a single tube, but with an airfoil
profile. why not? find a way to construct a bladder that itself has the shape of an airfoil... surround it by protective ripstop.. voila - the
inflatable arc that does not loose air and does not need air inlets would be born.
Kites:
Tubes: Ozone Zephyr 17 * Naish Helix 2009 10.5 qm * Cabrinha Access 2003 9qm * Wipika Hydro 2001 9qm *
Arcs: PL Scorpion 13, 16 qm; PL Synergy 10 qm
open cell: PL Twister I 7.7 * PKD Buster II 3qm
Paragliders: Gradient Bright Classic (with check) * Swing Mistral 1 (groundhandling) *Advance Alpha 3 (groundhandling)