Do you remember being overpowered on a C kite, digging in your rail for all your worth whilst pushing you bar out so that wouldn't head off down wind like an out of control express train and then you back lines would go slack!!! ? Now the kite was flying overpowered off the front lines with no steering and all you could do was wait and hold your edge until the gust backed off!
Since I moved to bridled kites in 06 I have not had that experience. Does it still exist on the new C, delta or other kites?
It still happens on the bridled kites... maybe not to the same extent. Surely you've noticed that it requires more input at the bar to make the same turn when the bar is pushed further out?
I mean both rear lines are slack and no amount of bar movement will have any input.
Hi Jimmyz,
Adfreetv is talking about the glory days of "real" c-kites. Before most riders of today got into the sport.
Back in the days of the Airush Lift 02, Cabrinha Blacktip 02, North Rhino 02, Naish X2, Wipika Airblast, Wipika Freeair etc.
This type of "C" kite had a maximum useable wind range and above that you got badly teabagged as there wasn't enough depower even when the back lines go fully slack. You handled gusts by edging and keeping the kite really low because as soon as your kite was above 45 degrees, you'd lose your edge and teabag off downwind.
Everyone talks up "C" kites and how cool it is to ride them, but about 5% of all kiters of today know what it is to ride the old true "C" kites.
To answer Adfreetv's question; No none of the kites of today will do that, they pretty much all have decent depower with possible exception of the Hadlow Pro which I hear has little to no depower (just what I hear).
I learnt on a Naish Aero (2002 kite) and Airush Flow (2003). 
I only just stopped riding my 2005 Yarga Cs (although they are 5th line so i could always pull on the 5th if it got too heavy duty) too so yes I know and love the "DIG THAT KN HEEL IN!!" feeling. The added bonus is my arms are now so long I can scratch my toes withpout leaning over. 
those were tha days. Riding on the edge never knowing when it would blow up and you'd be on a 150m downwind out of control run.
I still try it now occasionally, pull down the stopper ball on my REV and then try and control the power with edging - it teaches good technique.
I never flew two line kites but the first 4 liners ((Airush Flow 2003 my mates) and Airush Flow 2004 my first kite). These were almost worse than two liners as you could always steer a two line kite but a four line with slack back lines was totally uncontrollable and seriously dangerous. Even my 2005 Fuel did this when over powered. When did it stop in "C"s or Fuels?
kites under the house. Also have a couple of RRD Conv kites (cutting edge kites that were shipped as a two line but could be converted to a 4 line).
