BirdnDiz wrote:Want to try my first unhooked jump tomorrow(wind willing!).I fly Rhino'05 12m&16m with 5thE set up.What should be my first thing to try?Do i have to remove the Donkey Dick(when i do the C.Loop comes out inadvertantly)?Someone please give me an idea where to begin....
Tks,
b.
I tried my first 'unhook' (intentional anyway) the other day and ran into a couple of probs.....
The first was the spreader bar on my Dakine harness.....the bottom of the hook is wide and makes it quite difficult for the CL to just 'fall' out.
The second was the 'donkey dick' on my loop. It's long and hangs up on my harness and shorts etc when I'm trying to get the loop to fall out. I've got loops without them, so I'm going to try them next time.
The third was the amount of travel on my CL line. Even with the depower strap pulled all the way in, the kite still flared a bit when I unhooked. I've since got a couple of the Wipika stopper balls and fitted them to my CL line so I can limit the travel to avoid that next time.
The fourth resulted from a combination of the first 2......because I couldn't get the CL to just fall out, I had to hold the bar with one hand and unhook manually with the other. I ended up making an already mildly sprained wrist quite a bit worse as a result
However, I did manage a totally successful unhooked back-roll shortly thereafter, so that's ok