Bladerunner
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NPW's on 2 lines ?
I'm hoping to get out and play with my new NPW tonight !
It's an NPW 5 4.8m and the instructions show that it can be flown 2 line. I'm a fan of bars ( Not that kind, Mr. Customs Officer ) and have a few
kicking around.
What is the scoop on flying 2 line ?
Do NPW brake turn or are the brakes more of a safety other than keeping the nose up ?
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I would myself never consider flying a npw as a 2 line kite. With handles and 4 lines you have so much more control. You can use the brakes to
launch it from upside down, turn the kite and land the kite. As a 2 line I find you are very limited. Try it out and you might like it that way.
There is only one way to find out.
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Bladerunner
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Thanks Susan,
That is about what I thought . Now you have confirmed it. I think I'll tinker with line length before I started going 2 line !
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Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
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They suck in 2 line mode, i've been working on a 4 line bar mode with no line that works pretty good but took a alot of tweeking...............aj 
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The brakes are great if the nose collapses, you just pop the brakes and it will fill again, and they like a bit of brake pressure, so yeah. I would
never go 2 line.
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