Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:18 pm
bingo!
I always just made a figure 8... worked fine. Sometimes I'd have to double it up to make it big enough to feel comfortable about it.Silver Bullet wrote:Been using qline for years with great success, except for one thing. How do you tie the end for a knotted end instead of a loop end. Every time I've tried any type of knot, it's broken at that point within 5 sessions....
fkb wrote:I always just made a figure 8... worked fine. Sometimes I'd have to double it up to make it big enough to feel comfortable about it.Silver Bullet wrote:Been using qline for years with great success, except for one thing. How do you tie the end for a knotted end instead of a loop end. Every time I've tried any type of knot, it's broken at that point within 5 sessions....
Yes...sleeve it....and put the knot near the bar...not near the kite...Laughingman wrote:Can you use this knot with standard kite line. I have a new cab with a bad line. But I have and old cab bar with good lines but too long. Can I simply shorten one and tie a figure 8 loop at One end?
The correct way is to sleeve the end of the line, tie an overhand knot in the middle of the sleeve, and then sew the sleeve into a loop with the knot at the end.SupaEZ wrote:
Yes...sleeve it....and put the knot near the bar...not near the kite...
......this will let the line stretch to absorb energy before it reaches the knot