Postby dragnfly » Fri May 16, 2014 8:35 am
Yep, I was going to point that out too. Thats what the big spring is there for - it takes the place of a stopper ball, keeping your bar within reach, and stopping it fully depowering when you let go of/ spin the bar. The advantage it gives is that you push the bar away, compressing the spring, it fully depowers and falls out of the sky - so you dont need to pull the safety at all. Another advantage of the spring is that when you crash and let go of the bar, it can compress itself, thus automatically depowering the kite and taking some of the 'oof' out of your crash.
If I got into a situation where I had to pull the safety, I'd just be glad it worked, and more than happy to return to the beach to reset it, still alive.
That said, I have fired it by accident a couple of times in waist deep water and managed to reset it, and I have the 1st version (2012 I think) which is the most tricky to do.
I really love the system, and I'll find it hard to accept any other bar, with all their bloody flappy bits, finger rubbing ropes in the middle, twisting trim straps, and limited depower. But thats just me.