YOU’VE IMPLEMENTED A COMPLETELY NEW AND UNIQUE FRAME CONSTRUCTION FOR SUPERMODEL, THE HYBRID TORSION FRAME. WHAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND THIS NEW ITERATION?
The concept came simply from analyzing how kites turn. When you pull on the bar, you shorten one steering line while lengthening the other one. The kite reacts to that input in a few different steps that happen quickly – the wingtip bends, slowing down one side of the kite, while the other side keeps on flying at the same speed – this initiates the turn. Then the whole leading edge and the entire canopy of the kite start twisting, slowing down the flying even more on one side for a continuous turn of the kite.
