Broke first rod

[povlhp]

Broke my first rod last weekend. Good wind, and for the first time I could get the quad flying without trouble. When I switched to a full vented rev lookalike, I put a knee on the kite and broke my first rod. Luckily I had extras in the bag.

As usual gusty wind. Pretty strong at times my 10ft delta doing death dive 3 times even with 30 meter tail. Other times I could not keep the quad up in middle of wind window.

Glad having watched the videos.

Since I play in wild vegetation the lines are getting worse looking every time. But will fly until first one breaks.

[hyzakite]

Try to find a nicer grass area if you can, linesets can get expensive. Maybe you can change the tow point a little closer towards the nose. I get wind here that sometimes sends my kites over the top.

[povlhp]

Problem with the nice grass areas are, that they are either more difficult to find, or where the wind is not so good. Since we have wind all year around, often there are lines of trees put through fields to help keep wind under control (and create turbolence).

I have attached an image, so you can see the typical surroundings (not my best place, but the wind was too northerly for that).

You can also see on the SLK up there, that the wind is also on the upper end for that. The side spars being bent a bit (the cheap fiberglass substitutes that cam with it. It is a cheap $25 chinese 3 meter Delta on a 250 lbs Dyneema line, but the kite seems to be of decent quality).