HQ Infinity Leech Lines

[Bolo]

Hi

Sorry if I am being dense, but on the Iinfinity kite, should the ends of the leech lines get tied into the wing tip nocks and then tensioned with the bungee on the center spine?

This is what the accompanying manual seems to indicate, but manuals might not get revised with minor version changes of a kite.

My new infinity doesn't appear to have the leech line ends coming out of the trailing edge near the nock, it's possible that the ends of the leech lines are secured inside the material of the wing tip, but I don't want to tension the bungee at the spine end of the leech line for fear of pulling a retracted leech line end even further into the kite (if they are supposed to be extending out of the wing tips).

Cannot use the kite until this is resolved.

Any advice greatly appreciated

Thanks

[Hadge]

As I recall ( I had one a couple of years ago) the leech line is sewn in at the wing tip - you just adjust the tension by sliding the larksheads on the bungee cord around the centre T up or down. I think the HQ Infinity manual is a bit misleading. Check out this video at 38 seconds for a good image of the wing tip.

[Bolo]

Excellent!

Got ahold of Chris Schultz at HQ and he confirmed the same.

There are a two instruction pamphlets that come with the kite, turns out that the one mentioning tying the leech line into the nock is a generic pamphlet not specific to this particular kite.

I can now fly this confident I am not making any kind of problem worse.

Tried flying my new PL Hornet 3m in 20+ mph gusty wind today, as I am new to traction/power kites, there were some pupil dilating moments....

Again, thanks for your response Hadge , much appreciated

[John Barresi]

That's funny, I'm writing this reply from Chris Shultz's couch in the Outer Banks.