I was just curious what other Psycho 4 owners have been running for there mixer settings.

I haven't checked my 15m in awhile but I set it to basically B -.5 C-1 and I shortened my main lines by about 2 inches to tune out some of the backstall.

I'm still not fully satisfied with the kite performance though. I can get plenty of depower and turning speed but I feel like I have to send the kite really really hard to get much lift and even then I've sent the kite so far back that I don't usually get it back above me in time to get decent float. if I could some how maintain the depower, turning speed and backstall that I've come up with and get the lift and float I'd expect from a foil I'd feel more like I was getting a kite that fits the name psycho.

my 10m doesn't really give me the same problem even though it is about the same tune without the shortened main lines. I think the next step I'm going to try is setting the mains on the 15m back to equal with the steering lines and adding an adjustable extension on the 5th line since I've heard bigsteve and powerzone mention 5th line shrinkage as an issue with the P4's since the 5th line runs through that high friction block at the top of the trim strap.

other peoples experience and settings would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Christian

I just had a thought after reading the lift vs float thread.

if I increase my AOA by shortening B and C will this give me more float without screwing up the kite?

I've got P4 10M and 12M and they are both set for C-2 and B-1. I am very happy with 10M with that setting but 12M still showing some tip-tucks but really no big deal (I can probably go for C-3, B-1.5 for 12M). Both kite front lines are shorter than factory setting. I found P4s backstall very annoying (Speed2, on the other hand, I prefer).

With mixer and front line setting above, my P4s fly just fine without losing turning speed or float.

I used to have P4 15M but I never got used to it and went back to SA2 15M.

yeah I think if I had the choice to make over again I'd try and get a SA2 15m over the P4 15m. turns out I seem to like lift and float more then turning speed...go figure...:tumble:


I think I'll probably leave the 15m alone for this weekend seeing as I'm going to be down in the gorge and I think the current settings probably provide max depower but I'm really curious to try shortening B and C more now that I have shortened the mains to remove the backstall.