Ocius tail wieght

[Prawnstar]

does anyone have a picture of the original tail weight that is included with the kite?

i bought a second hand ocius and was wondering what the original one looks like. Could one be made ?

I have a kite shop generic weight i bought, but its kinda bulky, and zip tied on at the moment

[SparkieRob]

Recent duallie convert so excuse ignorance, can go in the bottom of the spine with a Velcro flap or mount on the spine itself?

[Prawnstar]

its a velcro flap one - the original

[theflyingmick]

Hope these help.

[Cyphert]

Huh I haven't seen any tail weight in mine... I have a standard and Ul neither came with weight. Do I need weight in mine?

[Prawnstar]

you dont need it cyphert, im just experimenting with it to see what difference it makes when doing rotational tricks.

@ mick , thanks man ...lucky we had this conversation earlier

[Cyphert]

Well might as well give it a shot as well. See what happens. My ocius loves to go on its back as it sits now.

[Prawnstar]

so i had a a bunch of 10gr oval shaped sinkers in the fishing tackle box.....i took to them with a hammer and flattened 3 of them, then bent them around a piece of wood..... then went to local hardware store and got some stick on velcro ...job done, now i have a 10gr and a 20gr tail weight

[John Barresi]

Well might as well give it a shot as well. See what happens. My ocius loves to go on its back as it sits now.

It also likes to stay on it's back, the weights often help make it easier to get in and out of a turtle on command, but you lose a bit of drive and stability as you add more weight.

[Cyphert]

Noted ill try tossen some weight in there and see what happens.

[John Barresi]

Definitely worked... Matt and I were out at the beach this past weekend, 10 grams on the tail of his Ocius UL really upped the trick ability, and made it a bit snappier, imho.

FYI - we did nudge the bridle point up about 1/4" to compensate for the added weight.

[Cyphert]

Yup John you are gifted at finding the center of mass in kites then making it work for you and adjusting to make work just the way you want it.

After flying with John and his weights for the weekend and playing with the Ocius with and without weight ill be permanently adding weight in the tail. had a great lesson with what weights can do for a kites and my flying.

Maybe even a little in the middle of the center spar to center the balance of the kite....?