Piloting the Ultra in two-line mode requires attention to detail. Control inputs are small. Also watch for stick flexing, because pull on the lines remains light and smooth. Next, the four-line performance. Hooked up to four lines, the Ultra is transformed.
All fear is gone.
Intuitive action at the controls has precisely the desired result. The kite holds its spot in the wind perfectly with a minimum of correction, and the big sail exerts only light pull. Spins are no faster than in the two-line mode, but they center on the kite's spine, and they're controllable by lightly feathering the handles. Backing down the wind, the Ultra behaves like Buck Rogers using his retros to land gently. This suggests that the Ultra is unusually well balanced.