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Bar depower line & mixer (sparepart) line wear damage - Beach Craft

Postby lightandfrost » Tue Aug 02, 2022 3:36 am

Two lines on Ram-Air kites are subject to wear and damage. If the depower line running thru the bar is uncovered rope, then friction from the bar will eventually wear the outer rope strands and the rope will fray and eventually become unusable as it jams the bar or simply breaks during use.

The mixer rope (sparepart lines on flysurf lineplans) outer surface can wear and the outer covering then jams in the pulley.

To prevent these events simply cover the lines with candle wax. Before you take the kite out thoroughly coat the outer surface of these lines by rubbing the lines with a candle while the lines are under tension. Do this before use until a light grey coat covers these lines. Especially cover the ends of the depower line that compress against the bar and the pulley area of travel on the mixer lines.

Put a candle in your pocket and when you fly the kite overhead on the beach, rub the candle up and down the depower line and within a few days the line will be impregnated with wax and you can stop treating the line.

As for sand sticking to this candle wax, note that the German Army operating in the deserts of North Africa in World War Two coated their motorcycle chains with candle wax instead of grease or oil as these would mix with the sand while candle wax does not.

If your depower line is already showing wear you can try and save it by coating it with wax but experience shows it is just better to change the line out and then protect the new line from wear with wax. The line will then last a long time

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