[ricki]

Just before and during touching down your kite should be moving forward from the vertical to around 60 degrees off the surface. I have found dialing in nice floaty landings harder with small kites due to a couple of good reasons. One, the canopy area is smaller given you less drag on descent to work with as compared to larger, readily floating kites. Two, given our normal lighter winds in SE Florida, small kites get rare use in my case. The timing can vary with kites of significantly different size if only that they may move at different speeds. The only way to dial in lighter landings with smaller kites is practice which unfortunately necessitates stronger winds. You are asking the right questions and working intelligently at things. I would say to keep at it and it will come together.