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[Khal]

I guess this is a function of where I fly and shop for kites, but I had never even seen a dual line kite with handles until earlier this summer. For years I didn't know they came with anything but straps.

[--Pete]

Reef Runner, on 21 July 2011 - 02:13 PM, said:

...Oh, and I think Pete is really into Power Kites............

I usually think of traction kites when people say Power Kites. For me,the object is to stay in one place, no matter how hard the kite pulls.



I must have made this inset picture only in a small size, and I'm too lazy tonight to remake it at a decent size.
That's a 10' Flexifoil on 200# (or maybe 500#) x 200' lines, and me flying it (about 30 years younger and 50# lighter than I am now) on a 6' x 2" spruce flying bar.

[Colaris]

Finally got my wristbands but don't know how the lines to the bands(??)

[--Pete]

If your flying lines have loops on the ends, I would recommend tying a short pigtail to the wrist strap (if there isn't one already) and then using a Lark's head knot to hook the flying line to the pigtail.

[Colaris]

Haven't got my new fancy lines yet, just looking at it with my old lines in mind. The wrist bands I have now have metal D rings attached to them and my old lines have hoops which I used to tie into larks head knots but the two seem incompatable. (?)

[--Pete]

Take two pieces of braided Dacron six inches long, heat the ends to seal them, fold them in half, tie a double-overhand or double figure-of-eight knot at the ends making two identical loops.

Fasten one to each d-ring with a larks head knot, leaving the double knot at the end. Now you can hook your lines to these pigtails using another larks head knot.

[Colaris]

Ah! Thanks Pete.

[--Pete]

BTW, if the loops on the ends of your lines are big enough for the wrist straps to pass through them, you can do with out the extra pigtails.

Put the loop at the end of the line through the d-ring, and then put the whole wrist strap through the loop. Now you can work the loop down to the d-ring, forming a larks head directly to the d-ring. Repeat for the other line.