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Sorry, didn't see this question. Monday(tomorrow) I will find out for you exactley when the 2003 SS bar will be widely available.On 2002-11-03 21:53, Pedro Marcos wrote:
Johnny ive seen a 2003 fuel today and the chicken loop doesnt have any safety system.
All the bars the dealer have here none have quick release. When does that new bar come out?
I think we are understanding your English well enough. Thanks for your input. I think you for sure would be way ahead in the game to get the quick release spreader bar.(starting to sound like the sensible soultion for me too to back up the inline one on the chicken loop). Having to deal with 3 different kinds depending on which kite you are flying is a bit crazy bro. You REALLY need to do something about this real soon before you do need to deploy one of them. Trust me, you ARE NOT going to have time to think about how, or which one, or any of that. Get one system/method and go with it so it will become second nature for you. NO TIME FOR THINKING!On 2002-11-03 22:33, tomtom wrote:
Sorry for bad english i hope that you understand me
I have not try yet. And unfortunately it was not test in any magazin or... for relase power. But i hold one in my hand in shop and i have very good feeling because it was very very simple and this is most important. It is very cheep in europe 39 euro. I did not like QR chicken loop. I have two Naish and Flysurfer it works but: I dont want find relase triger in panic and i want keep chicken loop simple and small. Other reason
I have different four kite until now
On every i have 3 different QR system
What you thing about is this normal situation?
In panic i must first remember whitch one i use a how it works because every work on different princip. etc...
I thing QR must be harness based. This is also AIRUSH policy.
One QR to every kite one system one reflex!
To shackled unshackled:
I think that shackle is dangerous but i also thing that unwanted drop chicken loop while waterrestart or jump is also dangerous.But you say that is not prob for you
So i think somenthing between like wipika chicken loop with center rope is good.
But like i say in other tread wipika based QR (takoon, gaastra, wipika, mauimagic) was labor tested in german magazin like unfunctionable and dangerous (huge relase power).
So in my opinien ideal QR until now does not exist.
It must by (for me)
Harnes based
Very simple and reliable
have hook not shacle
and have option to fix chicken loop when kiter want
Yeah Jo, maybe you are right about it being easier or a better use of my strength, but I wasn't thinking, I was reacting. Right now I am thinking about how I reacted and translating that into words on your screen. Maybe if I had time to think about it at the time it was happening I would have acted a bit differ, I dunno. What's really important to me at this point is that my reflexes were accurate enough to get me out of the shit, and pretty damn quick at that!On 2002-11-03 23:09, Mr Jo Macdonald wrote:
If you want to use a normal hook wouldn't it be easier to exert your strength by pulling down on the trim so the depower fell out of the hook then let go instead of pushing down on the depower loop?
I still think the prolimit is safer though, only drawback it has is it don't turn, but it wouldn't be easy to hook in or out of a hook that turned.
Basically like this I can hook out by pulling the bar down, ok kite will be full power but I can lift my weight, or I can release the hook.
I windsufered for years and I did some pretty powered moves while hooked in but anytime I was in doubt or in a sticky situation or trying anything new I was unhooked and ready to let go, what i ask myself is this, if I wouldn't hook myself to a windsurf sail why should I attach myself to a traction kite even semi-permanently? A traction kite is way more dangerous than a windsurfing sail.
Kiting, I wanna be able to kook out if I want/have to.
Jo