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		Sharlin on May 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kite Plans I understand how sailing upwind works with a bermuda rig, but how do you do that with a kite, aerodynamically speaking?

mushtar on May 22, 2019 [–]

It works the same way, the kite acts like a wing and provides pull and something (kiteboard, fins, hydrofoil, etc.) resists that pull and provides a perpendicular force to the force from the kite power line.

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