Leaderboard

I have a over built 100% mesh for the gnarly days. Looking to fill a gap in the bag.

Wayne, the connecting knot at the hinge is just a prussic knot to me when finished (instead of 1 time thru,... the larger loop passing thru the smaller loop and being snug down to tight, as demonstrated in Watts's video) I recommend going twice thru, or if your really willing the struggle a 3rd pass thru, = smaller hinge or less wiggle. Wiggles dilute pilot commands (or they add oversteer), which might be a benefit in big wind (you'd want it smoothed out, right?) but that isn't helping where I live!!! I need it more responsive, you might even say I even want it twitchy. I use 19' titanium handles and 50#/100 ft lines most of the time, given a choice. If all the bridle lines tighten with just the top two flight lines tensioned you get a better glide, Where you place the angles applied matters as well, obviously. The point is you can control the glide's decent when recovering your field by applying or Lessing the effect of the brake/bottom lines,.... if you let go entirely of both handles inverted and at or near the top of the wind window, it should go about 300% of that released altitude ALL BE ITSELF. So don't ever tell me you can't recover your field 'cause the kite doesn't even need you involved to do that! Let's look at oversteer a minute, that is something for nothing and also a requirement to learn it's uniqueness for you can maximum the impact/effect. Says you want a flat Axel, do you need to guide it 3/4 of the way around or 7/8,... knowing that last little bit comes free w/oversteer built in. I hate that! I want to make it go all the way around myself, demanding both handles to create the action necessary, so you can dial it around slowly, or only go half way (into a fade), or even changing lanes, throwing it out further away from center of the wind window ~ way out beyond the edge, instead towards it. With sufficient experience it just feels right, demanding a bigger movement means no sloppy adding in all by it's lonesome self. I spent 7 months comparing and testing before switching to the French Bridle. I few six years on the stock bridle until creating the 1point6. That was actually a whole kite, it had to fly in no wind and had to also use the SLE leading edge. Throws and catches were magical on those kites. KiteSquid/Harold Ames made them for the Smithsonian Kite Festival '99, no-sew construction, ink-jet printed sails, two kites locked together thru the use of rare earth magnets affixed along the LE. We won master's ingenuity, cooperative category & sport kite as "novices". Harold made 4 prototypes before arriving at one we could love. No elastic tensioning, knots or washers, instead he'd sewn belt loops into the reinforcing patches of a Dacron and adhered the sail to frame with automotive oh-rings, 9460 VHB 3M adhesive for the taped assembly. sorry, slow morning at the office & this is long @ WSIKF we can discuss tuning until the cows come in Wayne, one of my favorite topics!