KiteIsAlive

nuts!.. I meant knots

This a follow-up to my original post. The reason for Prism line breakage was a nut. What happened is that after I ought a Prism Jazz, I flew it a couple of times and put a way. A year or so later, when I took out my Jazz, to my surprise, one line was 10 inch longer than the other one. (I must have stretched one line more then the other?). I solved it by a loop with overhead nut. The line held fine with 15mph. However with 25 mph it snapped where the nut was. My sleeve loop became detached from a line. I moved the sleeve from the detached peace of line onto the main line end. I do not have any sleeving tools so here is how I did it: 1 - I took my detached peace of line with a sleeved loop. 2 – Untied the nuts, 3 – made a small loop with help of super glue ( I figures nut would not go inside the sleeve) and with that loop pooled the main line into the sleeve Dacron. For the other line I only had to move the sleeve a bit to adjust the length. Now that I think about, if it was not for my nut, the prism line would not break with wind over 30mph as it rated at 80 lb. The kite would probably fold before the line would give in. Feverless I overreacted and ordered a Sensai trainer line rated at 200 lbs. I guess I will use them when I get a trainer Kite 

Thanks Makatakam!

Misha - Before I graduate to Quad, I would like to do the sleeving effortlessly.. . For now a two line stunt is my thing. Is there a stunt that would fly in 5 mph?

Wow! Great Replies, Great Forum! Thank you all ! It seems that consensus is that I have to learn to sleeve my lines. I am googling that topic now. Hadge - I have Prism Jazz. It is not very big, but kind of heavy(I think). It flies ok around 10mph but over 20mph it really comes alive! What are the options you mentioned? (Sensei is $30, couldn't be much more then that. right?) Chonkyfire - I am looking at Laser Pro Gold 150# 75ft $50. Did you have in mind other options? Misha - What is a good light wind kite? ( I do not always have 25 mph here ) Thanks all again for great answers!

http://www.kite-line.com/kiteboarding/accessories/kite-lines/sensei-200-lbs-trainer-kite-lines-20m http://shop.prismkites.com/index.php/flying-lines/dual-line-standard-spectra/spectra-flying-lines.html Hi All, This is my first post. I have a stunt kite. One line became longer then the other so I made a knot with a little loop on the side. When the wind picked up above 30 mph, flying became real fun, but the line broke where the nut was. It looks like it is not possible to fix a line and restore its original strength so I am trying to shoos a line that would be same length as original lines. My choses are Spectra lines from Prism 90# by 65ft Sensei 200lb 20m Which one is better? What are the other choices? Thank you very much