Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 2:27 am
I tryed today a 14M Fuel where the front lines were coming together as a Y then another line (about 1/3 distance away from the bar) is going to the depower strap and then in through the bar to the chicken loop.
Nothing unusal so far, except that at the Y there was a poulie that could move from left and right on the front lines that was actually 1 unique line...
No I got U confused!
Another way of saying it: when you pull the bar on one side the line attached to the chicken loop had a poulie at the end (up there)where it was connected to the Y, and this poulie was then moving to the same side that you pulled the bar.
Ex: you pull right the poulie moved right on the front lines, away from the middle and so shortening the right side.
It 's hard to explain and a pic would be easier But I'm sure some of U might know what I meanAnyway the Q is:
Is it coming standard or is it a mod. that was done?
In any case I'm usually flying the 2002 RRD type 4, 14M also and I found the slingshot, much more responsiv and fast turning.
I' m now considering putting this system on mine and if any of U have experienced it please let me know. Lenght of the Y, what kind of poulie, how long the unique line that attach to both fowad side of the kite should be and so on..
The system I'm describing is the similar to the one that start to appear in the mag, and that the wakeboarder were using on a 4 line kite without depower, were the 2 front lines were going to the poulie near the bar and the bar had a Y upside down...
Except with that one we keep the depower abillity with the chicken loop...
How does this affect the relaunching of the kite in marginal winds?
In mine the fronts are going all the way to the depower strap then throught the bar to the chicken loop.
I like this mod from the original were U only have 1 line going to the depower strap because it it much easier to relaunch.
With my 2 front line going to the depower strap I can usually grab one of the front line and pull on it so the kite flip on to is back to the relaunch position, I find this much easier and faster than trying to swim toward the kite, or pulling one of the back line .....
So to recap:
Is this poulie original on the Fuel 14M?
If I do the Mod on the RRD will it make it faster?
What about relaunching with that mod?
Oh last Q: how does this affect the jumps?
Thks
Hope U understood something.........
Nothing unusal so far, except that at the Y there was a poulie that could move from left and right on the front lines that was actually 1 unique line...
No I got U confused!
Another way of saying it: when you pull the bar on one side the line attached to the chicken loop had a poulie at the end (up there)where it was connected to the Y, and this poulie was then moving to the same side that you pulled the bar.
Ex: you pull right the poulie moved right on the front lines, away from the middle and so shortening the right side.
It 's hard to explain and a pic would be easier But I'm sure some of U might know what I meanAnyway the Q is:
Is it coming standard or is it a mod. that was done?
In any case I'm usually flying the 2002 RRD type 4, 14M also and I found the slingshot, much more responsiv and fast turning.
I' m now considering putting this system on mine and if any of U have experienced it please let me know. Lenght of the Y, what kind of poulie, how long the unique line that attach to both fowad side of the kite should be and so on..
The system I'm describing is the similar to the one that start to appear in the mag, and that the wakeboarder were using on a 4 line kite without depower, were the 2 front lines were going to the poulie near the bar and the bar had a Y upside down...
Except with that one we keep the depower abillity with the chicken loop...
How does this affect the relaunching of the kite in marginal winds?
In mine the fronts are going all the way to the depower strap then throught the bar to the chicken loop.
I like this mod from the original were U only have 1 line going to the depower strap because it it much easier to relaunch.
With my 2 front line going to the depower strap I can usually grab one of the front line and pull on it so the kite flip on to is back to the relaunch position, I find this much easier and faster than trying to swim toward the kite, or pulling one of the back line .....
So to recap:
Is this poulie original on the Fuel 14M?
If I do the Mod on the RRD will it make it faster?
What about relaunching with that mod?
Oh last Q: how does this affect the jumps?
Thks
Hope U understood something.........