AIR-TASTIC wrote:OK
5 lines North bar, bow kites (Fuse)
I tend to ride with the bar close to me
With my current settings, this means that the kite is over-trimmed, and flaring outwards quite badly
As a result, I have to almost stop, slow down, bear away down wind with a big kite action deep in the wind window
This happens especially in lighter conditions
So I think I need to shorten the front lines by one knot on each side so that pulling the bar almost to its max, it is less over-trimmed versus the front lines
Q1. Is this thinking correct
Q2. If so, am I going the right way
Q3. What else should I do?
Q1. Is this thinking correct
Yes
Q2. If so, am I going the right way
Yes
Q3. What else should I do?
You could simply use the trim adjuster instead, thats why its there
And only change knots or similar, when the difference becomes a lot more than now.
PS: whether the lines are equal lenght or not, is not important so dont ever think about this.
The kite should just be trimmed to fly like you want it to, when the bar is pulled towards you.
And yes, this flaring or stalling gets worse in lighter wind, so you HAVE to use the trim adjuster to depower the kite a bit, when out in marginal conditions
PF