PS:
I read on a few reviews that the XL has had issues with things coming apart and having to be re-adjusted after or in flight??
If you can make appreciable adjustments to your kite
in flight

, I am awed and a little scared . I generally assumed that required the use of (exceptionally well-)trained falcons.

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Very funny!!
What I meant to partly say was without the "in" on the adjusting part and falling apart on the "in" part.

Here is part of a quote from a review I'm sure some of you have seen in the past somewhere.....
"The sail is made of several panels, the sewing is accurate and of a very good quality. However the standoff fittings needed to be fixed with some glue after losing two of them while flying. The bridle is made of a quite thick material which stretched during this summer making a resetting of the bridle necessary. I attached a pair of 35m, 130 kg Cyclone Extreme, which I think of being enough for only powerkiting".
It sounds like the kite may need some tweeking and will be somewhat cumbersome with the assembling and disassembling process. None the less I have it in my crosshairs.
Thanks for the detailed information on everything too!!