8/20 SSB
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8/20 SSB
by Ralph Morrison » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:42 am
Not the best of nights, not the worst of nights. Here's some pics. I'm sorry I didn't get any of Andy in his fancy clothes.
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Re: 8/20 SSB
by bradsaxe » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:21 am
Does anybody know if Amy (is that the right spelling?) made it back ok? Sorry we had to leave before that came to some resolution but my ride had to get home.
If you are reading this Amy I had a thought about what might have helped in that light wind situation. Was your stopper ball all the way out? Sometimes when trying to relaunch in light wind we tend to think, "well I am supposed to just pull on one steering line and the kite should pivot and up it goes," but that doesn't always apply. Remember that your front/inside lines are also called the 'fly" lines and they need tension to get the kite up. This is why I kept suggesting to reach over the bar and grab the spindle while finessing one steering line. It seemed like every time your kite got close to relaunch it would flop back over suggesting there was not enough tension on the fly lines. If your stopper ball was too far in, even just a little bit, this might not have allowed enough tension on the fly lines (even if you didn't have the bar in your hands) to get the kite up in light winds.
Just a thought, hope you are ok.
If you are reading this Amy I had a thought about what might have helped in that light wind situation. Was your stopper ball all the way out? Sometimes when trying to relaunch in light wind we tend to think, "well I am supposed to just pull on one steering line and the kite should pivot and up it goes," but that doesn't always apply. Remember that your front/inside lines are also called the 'fly" lines and they need tension to get the kite up. This is why I kept suggesting to reach over the bar and grab the spindle while finessing one steering line. It seemed like every time your kite got close to relaunch it would flop back over suggesting there was not enough tension on the fly lines. If your stopper ball was too far in, even just a little bit, this might not have allowed enough tension on the fly lines (even if you didn't have the bar in your hands) to get the kite up in light winds.
Just a thought, hope you are ok.
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Re: 8/20 SSB
by Jake-wright » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:48 pm
Advice Obviously not meant for me, but very helpful none the less. I struggled with relaunch of my big heavy havoc yesterday as well and now looking back on it that explains why it would roll halfway over and then freeze temporarily then roll right back. i eventually just reverse launched and took the dragging. I always blamed difficult relaunch on the fact that my kite has such a flat LE so there is so much contact with the water, but if my kite were to be held by front lines instead of steering lines it would pivot on the LE an lift the wingtips off the water and roll MUCH easier!! Thanks for the post Brad i'll definitely be putting it to good use.
Ps i do accept the fact that everyone reading this right now is saying "well duh!" but we all gotta learn somehow right?
Ps i do accept the fact that everyone reading this right now is saying "well duh!" but we all gotta learn somehow right?
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