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Re: Untangling Bridles/spreed system on Chrono V2

Postby foilholio » Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:31 am

Why anyone would disconnected anything for such a tangle is beyond me. Just pass the bar through that or that around the bar,2 seconds done. You disconnect stuff and especially on a windy beach as you describe and you risk creating more tangles. I see it all the time with inflatos, they start with a simple 2 min job and are still there 30mins later. Simply because they disconnect their lines.

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Re: Untangling Bridles/spreed system on Chrono V2

Postby Robsw6 » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:12 pm

foilholio wrote:Why anyone would disconnected anything for such a tangle is beyond me. Just pass the bar through that or that around the bar,2 seconds done. You disconnect stuff and especially on a windy beach as you describe and you risk creating more tangles. I see it all the time with inflatos, they start with a simple 2 min job and are still there 30mins later. Simply because they disconnect their lines.
+1 to this !

Almost all untangled - but dealing with the issue of rectifying the results of detaching the bridle one one side.

Best advise - do untangling at home, drink tea whilst untangling, not bear/G&T - keep the cat well away - I have a 10kg Maine Coon cat and he took one look at the bridles and decided it was a big ball of wool/joy - I had a matrix style slo mo dive to catch him, before his v large claws & kite fabric came together !

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Re: Untangling Bridles/spreed system on Chrono V2

Postby foilholio » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:23 pm

:-)

10kg! f***! take it to the park and scare all the dogs away.

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Re: Untangling Bridles/spreed system on Chrono V2

Postby Robsw6 » Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:37 pm

foilholio wrote::-)

10kg! f***! take it to the park and scare all the dogs away.
lol...we haven't seen a fox in our garden for a long time !

https://flic.kr/p/KqB3gY

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Re: Untangling Bridles/spreed system on Chrono V2

Postby foilholio » Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:28 pm

Cats bury their poop thats why you can't find the fox.

It looks villainous. Probably plotting something. Sleep easy now :lol: Oh and nice knowing you.

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Re: Untangling Bridles/spreed system on Chrono V2

Postby Robsw6 » Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:24 pm

V pleased to say with the help of mates on the beach & particularly a mate who has a Chrono 2, it's all sorted, test flown and it works!

The main issue was caused by attempting to untangle by detaching a line..... Now I know NEVER to do this!


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