evan wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:40 am
It isn't clear what the 4cm adjustment is for, can't you just shorten the back lines a bit?
I have a second knot on the back line pigtail that's 6cm shorter.
Herman wrote:
There is no need to lower the split if you are going to run the flag line through the CL ring in the photo. Indeed if you found a suitable stopper you could probably just use that against the ring in the splitter. The bulk of the handshake knot, fly line stitched loop to flag line spliced loop, would probably pass through the CL ring in photo and therefore that system would probably flag ok. However, the bulk of the handshake and blunt end in a stitched loop could make the re ride/recovery from slack line pull through sticky and may cause dangerous jamming. Personally I would not run a system like that with stitched loops but my evaluation is based on experience with chicken loops with narrow tunnels through the middle rather than rings.
Mini 5ths have significant advantages but need kites/bridles designed for it as well as cons. However the longer bridles are more vulnerable to tip wraps. If you change to single line flag you can use the bar with other kites but this does not shorten the bridles on the original kites. Mini 5th may not be a wise choice for the freestyler slacking lines in tricks and bailing out, also you may have more residual power on flag but no more than walking the fronts. All the above just imho etc.
Also note that kites with long bridles need more care when setting up self launching to avoid tip wraps. Some have bungee lines on the bridle lines to help with this imho.
That swivel will probably have too much friction to prevent flag/center line twists when looping and so you will need to loop both ways to keep flag line free etc as you don’t have below the bar swivel! Ozone bracket previously mentioned has no swivel!
Find someone experienced to check out what you do as bars have to be right and properly tuned after any modification.
PS: Whether or not the splitter block jams the flag connection handshake in place with a reasonable amount of friction,which makes slack line handling a little different, and whether you want a swivel should be considerations if you want to change the splitter block!
From what I've read on other threads, it sounds like the mini-fifth Y is only useful as part of a two line safety. If I convert it to single line safety, will the Y configuration just make it harder to reach the front lines for self landing, light wind relaunch, etc?
Do the bridle bungees pull the bridles towards the center of the kite?
Is a below-the-bar swivel useful in a death loop or recovering from one?
My safety line is 3mm and my fly lines are around 1.5mm. The Ozone stopper ball has a 3mm hole. Will the safety line handshake knot be big enough to stop in the stopper?
I haven't found anyone selling just one spliced front line. The only 23m front line set I've found is from Infexion. Are there others?