Hmmm - not sure I agree here...tautologies wrote:Good topic.
My only personal experience is having a bridle catch around the wind tip during a launch, where the launcher disregarded or misinterpreted my thumbs down and let go, the kite gained speed upwards very fast and my attempt to slow it down was not very efficient, so I quickly depowered while pulling on the other back line with my hand. this way I could slow it down, and as I gained control, turn the kite the other way.
I think pulling on the outside line on the other side can be a solution as it will increase the loop radius, and hopefully make the kite hit the water.
Keeping calm in situations like that is really important.
Having seen countless of kites being eaten by trees, and people loftet and dragged along the beach it is usually caused by some pilot error. Rarely equipment failure, and even some of those cases it is because of gear that should have been taken out of production / use.
I have to confess to having very little 5th line experience unfortunately. At the same time in speaking with many people candidly that do use them frequently, they say they are more prone to tangling than four line systems. Also, there have been some notable high wind fatalities in the last year in which 5th line kites were in use. Operator error and individual factors often complicate simple generalities about the specific kite system in use however.toddsphresh wrote:this is precisely the reason why i run a 5th line on all my kites weather they are bridled or not. then i can safely release my cl and stop my kite from spinning. some people make fun of me for running 5 lines on a bridled kite but at least i know this wont happen to me
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