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I've this kite HQ Salsa 2 bought used some months ago and received it with untied bridles... I found these sheets on the official website and searched online for info about bridles tuning and adjustments but everywhere seems common a three leg fixed bridles, here we have instead four legs (and i would like to know how are you going to tie them for example, i think i'm using wrong knots) and also how sliding knots affect the tuning because the kite also with strong winds doesn't stay in the air but stalls immediately and land... it's also very slow and unresponsive of the pulling... do you think I could convert this bridles to a common fixed three legs using the same length and start working from there? I mean avoiding the FL leg or also using a single line for O+A and leaving M at a fixed lenght instead of O+M and A at fixed length I hope to have been clear enough in explaining... I'm losing hope in seeing it flying, i'm wasting a lot of hours trying to set it up P.s. If there are problems with the image attached this is the link to the tech sheets https://www.invento-hq.com/myfactory/CustomUpload/374O357O340O370O356O369O350O328O365O373O356O365O371O366O350O326O364O353O327O/116736_SALSA_II_RED_Technical_DataSheet.pdf -
By John Barresi · Posted
It might also be worth looking simply for sake of discussion, at how fliers hold their handles during flight... My leaders are tuned first and foremost so that when I go "full gas", it's the right amount of gas with no oversheeting or loss of pressure - I've tuned out any additional amount of thumb back / forward that might cause the sail to flutter or loose pressure (key signs of oversheeting). Basic looks at how I'm holding my handles during flight... https://kiteforge.com/tutorials/quad-line-kite-tutorial-figure-8-and-180s/ https://kiteforge.com/tutorials/quad-line-kite-flight-and-control/ What you might notice is that I'm not "holding" my brake lines back when I'm in normal forward flight, not really managing them at all - bottom of the handles are nearly straight out, thumbs at full tip back. Another pilot, using more forward in the settings, but almost always managing or balancing the brake lines through forward flight, a balancing act between top and bottom lines throughout: Neither right or wrong, but good visual contrast between the two different approaches to tuning. -
By John Barresi · Posted
Have you had a chance to look at any tuning tutorials? There is an old one I did in the KiteLife Subscribers downloads, and a much newer one at the link below. https://kiteforge.com/tutorials/quad-line-kite-tuning-theory/ Among all the many, many recreational fliers I meet, there are all kinds of preferences on how much brake they use in their settings. You said you're getting good performance for yourself and seem to be generally happy with the experience, so I'm moved to ask - what is it you're trying to improve, or is it just a matter of "everyone said"? Not being snide at all, genuine inquiry. 😇 -
By John Barresi · Posted
Reading and replying as I have time (lots going on atm), but I wanted to start by clarifying that the top leaders on my Pro Handles from Kite Forge are 7" in length and long enough for almost any quad kite in most hands - plenty for the Djinn, which (1) already has an extra inch or so of brake built into the bridle and (2) has a load-sharing function between the top and bottom connections so that the gas (forward drive) doesn't take over and run amok so easily as it does with classic quad bridles. 😉 Also, the "Pro Leader" kits I sell through Kite Forge actually come with enough material to add a couple additional knots if so desired. 😇 -
Looking for any original and signed Reza Ragheb kites (e.g. Omega, Mandolin Squares, Intimate Triangles Genki, Saruga, Delta, Sode Dako... and any others).
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