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Originally Posted by tomstock
Some hard yanks but no power during the invert, right Josh?
Inverting seems scary but from what I've seen it's not all that bad as long as the kite is fully sheeted out when it happens (which is almost always).
If you inverted (due to something weird like a botched transition) and the bar was stopper balled in place and fully powered up, i imagine you would have your spine ripped from your torso when it flipped over and went through the power zone!
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My opinion is that flat kites are safer when you are in control, but when something bad happens (inversion, tangled bridgle) they are MUCH more dangerous... that's why people do not like to ride them at the upper end of the range...
I've inverted the 9m waroo in about 25mph. Scary but not as bad as it seemed. It was just completely unexpected.
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I don't think i've ever even really got yanked much at all... it's just a pain in the ass getting it back in the air. just don't misuse the depowering, use only what you need. if your going a bit to fast don't huck the bar out, just let it out a little. get worked.. same thing.. let it out a little.. they are so quickly responsive with the depower that you don't have to throw the bar out to stop, just push out a little bit. if you ride the cabrinhas theres a little stopper thing they shows you the point of 100% depower. as long as you don't go past that to much you'll be fine.