Parawing Kiteloop

Technique
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Has anyone tried them yet? If so any tips?

I’m thinking about getting a parawing with longer lines, dual skin and higher aspect like the new Gong Lowkite Pulse and using it for more than just blasting in a straight line…..

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Yeah Balz and Malo have been doing loops since Parawing’s inception (on regular single skins)…. is that what you are referring to? Do you already parawing otherwise?

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I believe they are doing front loops and back flips/modes/Palau type tricks. I am talking about doing a regular kite surfing style powered loop or a late back to go higher and get more hangtime

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The loops those guys are throwing with the pwing (not the handlepass style flips) are sort of like a megaloop equivalent - kite is looping below the rider and staying powered through the rotation. The problem I see with the traditional loops you are describing is that the short line length isn’t really going to generate the same power, so the loop probably isn’t going to boost the hangtime like you see with long line kites. The lack of structure in the parawing may also be a limiting factor vs the super stiff kites that the big air riders are using.

Or maybe we just aren’t there yet…

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The reason I ask whether you already parawing is that I think you may be misunderstanding what you can/can’t do with parawings today. The way the bar is oriented (centered, not across), and the way it stays powered (hands or harness fairly fixed) wouldn’t allow you to send it in a loop in a traditional sense without necessarily rotating the bar. There just isn’t enough line length for the way you turn a parawing (twisting the bar like turning a knob) for it to loop the parawing with a twist in the lines … there’s also just too much bridle tension for the parawing to go through a twist.

My background is kiting → kitefoiling → wing → supfoil → parawing for reference.

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Appreciate your answer. I have meddled a bit but never with a parawing with longer bridles. The gong pulse supposedly has 3.3m bridles which might change what is possible.

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I am skeptical, but you should try it!

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Land experiments:

  1. Try flying the parawing through a kite loop on land (would this work with the standard bridle and bar?)

  2. Choke down the lines at the halfway point with tape or a hand and see if it still flies while you are on land and dry, i.e. simulate you sent it and it looped.