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Melt a small hole, 1/16 to 1/8" diameter, through the sail and install a grommet. Will last forever. Not really, but 4X as long before it frays is about right as long as there is no lateral force on the sail material. With lateral force the sail will begin to come apart at the outer corners of the frame.
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I'm in the Chicago area. I'll be happy to teach you in person. Room and board from December 1st through April 1st and I will be your personal instructor, and you'll be flying better than you thought you would in just a few short months. You are somewhere warm in Mexico, right?
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I can't fly that because it would interfere with my new diet. I don't eat GRASS anymore!
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I don't know. Never really seen a sled kite close up, less so how to make one. I'm in the process of demystifying QLKs, while SLKs are just exotic. Also every time something is done in a different way than you do or intend to do you can always start to think of if you should try it later. Talking about the risks of flexifoil stacks. I vaguely remember a warning about flexifoil stacks from some time about the end of the nineties (though I have forgotten the probably written source - never seen the kite type). There were some small/mid(?) size ones that gave a very large pull when stacked, but turned very quickly. If instead using one flexifoil with a larger span width it couldn't turn as quickly into the power zone and left more time to think so that surprises were avoided. It is in a way remarkable that I now 20 years later might be "talking" the origin (or one of the origins) of that flexifoil stack warning. Yes, I forgot ... Welcome to the forum!! -
Thanks for the welcome. I flew my first Rev in 1993 at the Long Beach Wa kite festival. I was instantly hooked and purchased a Rev II. A year later I made my own version and sized it down just slightly using Icarex for the sail and window mesh on the leading edge. This turned out to be a great flier and flies in very low wind. I’m currently working on my first kite with appliqué on the sail. I should have it flying this weekend.
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