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Postby Den » Sun Jul 07, 2002 2:43 am
The more I pump up the leading edge bladder the easier it is to relanch. (less folding over on the tips when on it's back) But it seems as though I could pop the bladder at some point. Can you over inflate? How does one know when to stop? Seems like a pump with a pressure guage would take the guess work out.
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Postby murdoc » Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:11 am
well...
just inflate it hard enough
you should be able to press the tube down a little, but it should already make a drum sound when tapping it with yout fingernail.
when you put the kite sideways, it should form a 'C'...
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Postby Guest » Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:05 am
My instructor just told me that last week two beginners fully inflated a kite at late morning, when the sun was shining bright. They left the kite on the beach for a while, and the air within the bladders became too hot and expanded, exploding a bladder.
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Postby Den » Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:37 am
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Postby Den » Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:45 am
There seems to be a subtle but significant differance between being able to make a C and not having the tips fold over when it is on it's back. My buddy who has the same Fone magic 12.0 can make the same C as I do yet has a much harder time relanching due to the tips folding over on his kite. It seems that the one or two pound differance makes a big differance.
Also we speculate that the cold water decreases the pressure inside the kite from when you pump it up on the beach. Is this possible?
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Postby Guest » Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:30 am
This thing with right inflation pressure is a quite demanding task. We can have +25-27 C in the air ( much more in the sun ) but 17 C in the water. The kite is hard when warm on the beach but once you drop it ( and need it to be hard for relaunch ), the kite get´s softer in cold water due to decreasing air pressure/volume in struts. This phenomen is most applicable for big kites with thick struts ie. large air volume. Irritating but true. Won´t stop you kiting though...
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Postby murdoc » Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:34 am
which kite do u use?
i've seen guys pumping up their mach1's so hard, i'd be afraid.
some kites need a lil' more pressure than other ones.
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Postby murdoc » Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:37 am
....just try a bit.
if the kite's too soft, make it harder the next time, but not too hard. you know when the tube's inflated too hard, when you hear a sound like 'bang' and your fronttube is loosing pressure rapidly.
big kites often relaunch easier with low pressure fronttubes, because they flip over easier. . .
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Postby phree » Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:51 am
you know when the tube's inflated too hard, when you hear a sound like 'bang' and your fronttube is loosing pressure rapidly.
Funny Murdoc. Unless that bang/hiss is coming from my kite!
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