Hi Obi,
thanks a lot for your feedback and your video. i'm sorry you did not manage to fly the mondrian.
With regards to your feedback i would like to say a few things on mirò.
This kite was developed by Luca Guardigli and Chs as a team/pair kite, stack competition oriented. The main goals here were slow speed, big wind window, medium constant pull over the entire wind window and a comfortable flying with winds betweens 20 and 30 kmh. the kite also had to be easy to land considering the wing span. tracking and corners of course were also among the main goals. Once they thought they achieved all this they moved on on making this kite easier to trick, without spoiling the precision attitude. In particular old school tricks had to be slow and elegant, snap stalls and side slides had to be solid and all the flat spin tricks, ie axels taz slots 540, had to be slow and floaty. the very last modifications were made to let the kite handle rolling susans and insanes easier. They also tried to make it as pitchy as possible for a 2.6 kite (i have seen Luca doing crazy copters and yo-fades but that is just for a few i guess). On any trick the kite needs big movements.
The UL and SUL version are not just a lighter versions of the standard beign the sails design slightly different.
This was the genenis of mirò as far as i know having tested most of the prototipes.
Mirò std better performs on 42-45 m lines with winds above 16 kmh. The UL version with 3pt lower spreaders was developed to fly precision up to 13 kmh, the UL version with 5pt lower spreaders can fly precision up to 18-19. Flying the STD in less than 16-17 Kmh will make it much easier to trick but not very precise. In that conditions, with stock bridle settings, the pressure on the kite is not enough to give the "precision kite" feel. Tweaking the bridles might help.
I'm sure the demo tour will help Chs realise whether or not they achieved their goals.
Two more things:
Yoyo line vs yoyo stopper. yoyo was not a real goal on this kite even though they worked a lot on pitch stability. You can "easily" yoyo in light winds and 2 pop yoyo in stronger winds; the lack of yoyo stoppers is more of a reminder of what the kite is not. I personally replaced the yoyo line with yoyo stoppers on the standard version only.
Nose. the nose reinforcement is made of two layers: kevlar inside and micro cordura on the outside. cordura fabric is used on surf/kite surf sails on the main abrasion spots. I never had any worn out issue on my chs kites noses. As far as i am concerned i have been flying miròs only since last september pretty constantly and all the building features are still in place.
Thank you and Ms Kenobe a lot for your committment.
ciao
paolo