Quote: Originally posted by speleopower

Flexifoil Blades and Quadrifoil Competitions are probably the most powerful.

Yeah, the Blades are the most powerful kite. Question answered. :p

Banana that was awesome.

Speleopower gave the official answer. The 4.9 blade put the first man on the moon. NASA could have saved some taxpayer dollars if they called Flexifoil first :D.

Blade IV's are the only way to go mate

My 4.9 is my low wind kite...if you can't get going w/ that might as well do some work around the house...or hoist a couple

I will agree on the blades. Crazy cool and frightening kites in my wind. The 6.6 and 8.5 would refuse to land if the wind picked up. full brakes on was still a huge fight to get them on the ground if provoked past their controllable wind range or your nerve, whichever comes first

Great video...been there done that just with a lot more violence! Chipped my femur and smashed my kneecap in 2007 with a slight concusion as well. I think I was flying a 10 meter Blade 3. Didn't crash my kite during the whole ordeal. Still had to skate about 2 miles to get home at 6:30am. I remember bouncing then getting dragged on my back thinking I better not crash because I will not be able to think straight or walk well enough to relaunch....sure enough by the time I got home my knee was the size of a couple oranges and I was still seeing stars.
-Scott

Simple answer? Why do you think kite manufacturers don't quote power ratings for kites? How do you compare like for like to determine which generates more power? Because there are far too many variables to enable a level playing field.

I could say more but you wanted it simple :D