line length

Daily Wind forecasts, questions about weather, gear, locations, etc.

line length

Postby tjacques » Wed May 16, 2007 9:57 pm

marty
as we talked at rush on saturday. i have measured my lines. my front lines on my ozone are four inchs longer than back and two longer than the fifth. i find that i am flying with my bar at or near the bottom stopper. i am confused on adding pigtails to my back lines. when i simulate this on land, to a stationary object, this seems to worsen situation. is this because of the way the kite is set up? am i thinking about it right. my lines look frayed on my 13 . is it time for new lines?
thanks for all the advice
todd
tjacques
 

Re: line length

Postby Marty Lowe » Thu May 17, 2007 7:18 am

tjacques wrote: i find that i am flying with my bar at or near the bottom stopper. i am confused on adding pigtails to my back lines. when i simulate this on land, to a stationary object, this seems to worsen situation. is this because of the way the kite is set up? am i thinking about it right.
todd


Todd,
You got it backwards, add the pig tails to your front 3 lines if you feel to soft on the steering/bar.


tjacques wrote: my lines look frayed on my 13 . is it time for new lines?
thanks for all the advice
todd


Frayed lines can never be a good thing, and it sounds like maybe your old lines have been stretched out of tune anyways.

I have some Ozone colored lines that I'd be glad to sell to you. I used one set on snow a couple of times on my old Slingshot Turbo Diesel kite that didn't come with colored lines.
Or a brand news set that I was going to put on my old 9M Slingshot, but never did. $40/$50 (four lines,not 5th)

-Marty 8)
User avatar
Marty Lowe
 
Posts: 1307
Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:09 am
Location: Fruit Heights

thanks

Postby tjacques » Thu May 17, 2007 7:41 am

that does make more sense,it just seemed the front lines were longer. maybe i will see you this weekend, i plan to get out saturday and sunday after dropping mom of at airport saturday morning. weekend looks like wind.
todd
tjacques
 

thanks

Postby tjacques » Thu May 17, 2007 7:42 am

that does make more sense,it just seemed the front lines were longer. maybe i will see you this weekend, i plan to get out saturday and sunday after dropping mom of at airport saturday morning. weekend looks like wind.
todd
tjacques
 


Return to Main Message Board

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests