Caution Answer Bar pictures

[Andres_Santacruz]

For those of you who have wondered what the bar is like. It has a bigger hole, the bar is wider towads the middle, makes it very comfortable. The safety line going through the bar is covered in plastic, should make it very durable.

http://gallery.kiteforum.com/gallery/vi ... me=albut92

[kitingkt]

The safety line going through the bar is covered in plastic, should make it very durable.

hey andres,

what is the safety line for? to flag the kite?

thanks
kt

[jerma]

The Caution Answer bar is setup to be ~80% depower when you let go of the bar. The safety-line from on top of the depower-strap to side of chickenloop makes it so, that after released from the safety, the kite goes "100% depower" and falls to the edge of the wind-window to wait for relaunch. If you need to flag the kite, you grap the loop on the left hand side back line and let the whole bar go.

Hope this answers your question.

-Jerma-

[kitingkt]

hey Jerma,

that's pretty slick, thanks for the anwer. what is the red line connected to that it let's this happen? is it like a fifth line?

kt

[jerma]

Well, one can't say it's like a 5th line, sence after releasesing the safety, the kite does not go on its back as a regular LEI with 5th line setup.

What it does it sets the kite into, what they say "full depower", and the kite moves to the edge of the wind window. It stays there on one tip towards the wind to wait for relaunch.

I'w seen some videos about this, but don't have the links for you now... sorry :(

Best regards, -Jerma-

[Chriskef]

Hi

Don't know if this is a stupid question but the CL throw looks the same length as my Spitfire 2 bar - how do these kites achieve the depower they claim with such a short CL throw? The Waroo & Sonic seem to have much longer lines which would explain depower ability easier.

Hope you can help - am thinking of ordering the 16m Answer.

Thanks

[Andres_Santacruz]

The CL throw is the same as the Spitfires, but the kite works very differently. Pushing out depowers the kite much more than a spittie. The trim strap is also longer, and pulling the trim strap in a little makes a big difference in how the kite flies. If you want major depower, you pull the trim strap a little. If you want normal C kite feel with extra depower you leave the trim strap fully out. Personally the 12 answer has worked very well for me and i haven't needed to pull the trim strap much, even in about 20 knots. The kite is really nice, i can't wait to try a 16 (most used kite) and rip the waves apart in acapulco.
Hope this helped.
Andres

[BiteMe]

Andres,

When is the 16m going to be available?

Bill

[Andres_Santacruz]

A month maybe more i think, there is serious backorder, the demand has been overwhelming. But this applies to the ones i might be getting, so it's better if you contact them directly.
I would wait for this kite as the 12 kicks ass.

[gonewiththewind]

PLEASE TELL ME THAT BAR IS UPSIDE DOWN!!!

With the "Caution" graphic reading forwards like that, it appears that the Caution bar is set up with yellow on the right. Why the *&$#@ would they do that?! Very cool kite company, but I'm sorry, my guess is that Cabrinha (MUCH BIGGER kite company) had the black/yellow combo going with yellow as the default on the left before Caution was even born. Whichever company was second with that color combo, why the hell would they switch it like that? Or are the Cabrinha photos wrong? I know you can set them up however you choose, but logos, etc. usually provide a quick visual guide. And if you borrow someone else's rigged set-up, it's nice to know that a particular color is always left. A few companies copied Naish's red-left/blue-right routine, but they didn't REVERSE IT!!!

Bar color is not the place to differentiate one company from another.