This is Chris Moore and I have recently received some very exciting information. There is a new powerkite that has been developed that is extremely affordable. In fact it is so affordable that it is going to be cheaper than making one!
The kite is a 5.0 square meter foil type/ram air kite. It is a quad line kite so you can reverse launch the kite when it crashes. It will include a control bar with a safety release system and all four quad flying lines. It will also include a training video.
Price is $299.00
A set of quad flying lines and a control bar can easily cost a couple of hundred dollars... This might be cheaper than going through the trouble of making a kite.
I will have this kite available for sale after the first of the year.