Anybody know any good links to Tuning your kite, and kite maintenance?
Just been reading some of the threads, and don't follow all of it.
Cheers.
Tuning, and Maintenance for Your Wings.
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A couple simple improv one's,
Was testing a new throttle bar when the wind picked up and i ran out of depower. So landed the kite, and instead of having to find back line extensions, I just tied new loops on frontline then made a larkshead to pigtail. This shortened the front lines about 4in and i got my depower back.
The next one i call "Urban Guerrilla Kite Repair"
Had to change out my main bladder but was too windy at the beach, so i found a hotel parking garage, parked in the lower maintenance area, layed the kite down and finnished in about 10 min.
Have a work shirt, baseball hat, and tool belt handy to blend in so people think you're a hotel employee........
Was testing a new throttle bar when the wind picked up and i ran out of depower. So landed the kite, and instead of having to find back line extensions, I just tied new loops on frontline then made a larkshead to pigtail. This shortened the front lines about 4in and i got my depower back.
The next one i call "Urban Guerrilla Kite Repair"
Had to change out my main bladder but was too windy at the beach, so i found a hotel parking garage, parked in the lower maintenance area, layed the kite down and finnished in about 10 min.
Have a work shirt, baseball hat, and tool belt handy to blend in so people think you're a hotel employee........
Hey guys, I have adressed this depower thing many times and on threads with input by others on the same subject, so for a well rounded view do a search on fokiten, keyword depower, or slack, or pigs, or apparent wind
PS, the key to tuning is to insure that no gross oversheeting is possible when your done.
fo
PS, the key to tuning is to insure that no gross oversheeting is possible when your done.
fo
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I find thatt iif im oversheeting, its symptomatic of not being poered enough, so there is need to extend the fronts more, cant do that if your strap is all he way ou and stiill yyou are over sheeting, so what worked for me was to tune the kite to the wiind a the ttime so that max power was a ttad further up the chickie line, tthat way ii can depower more pulling the strap in and fins a sweet spot while in flight.
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Oh ooh - here we go again !On 2002-12-29 18:30, fokiten wrote:
Hey guys, I have adressed this depower thing many times and on threads with input by others on the same subject, so for a well rounded view do a search on fokiten, keyword depower, or slack, or pigs, or apparent wind
PS, the key to tuning is to insure that no gross oversheeting is possible when your done.
fo
Fo is right - it has been discussed over and over this very topic, so a search should give you the answers.
But I don't agree that gross oversheeting should be a problem - if you can feel your kite. It is a personal choice of course - what you get best along with...
I prefer max. sheeting range both ways - without stops at the critical points.
Then I can choose my sweet spot freely with the trim. Especially when in the fixed loop this is extremely important.
You should soon be able to feel where to stop, and sometimes you can utilize the ability to oversheet.
Well - this is also what Fo is doing actually, thats why he added "gross" I assume.
Just my way - I know that others prefer to have it set by the system instead, at least to start with while learning...