You can actually have a matching mixer test like both all even that is then also uneven depowered and so produces asymmetric flight. The cause being uneven pulley lines.
The simplest way to check symmetry on the mixer is to lock both front mains (pigtails) together and pull on A then B, etc. A and B are the most important, you compare A vs A, B vs B, not A vs B. I usually use a screwdriver thru the front mains into the ground but you can lock them together however you want, someone can even hold them.
Tom Tom wrote:
Be prepared to ask the shop to supply a spare set of the lines that run through the pulleys (PB2/PC1 & PB1), they shrink with use.
You shouldn't need to replace lines for shrink but only wear or failure.
flying doctor wrote:It's all a bit daunting to me
read this
The simplest way to check symmetry on the mixer is to lock both front mains (pigtails) together and pull on A then B, etc. A and B are the most important, you compare A vs A, B vs B, not A vs B. I usually use a screwdriver thru the front mains into the ground but you can lock them together however you want, someone can even hold them.
Yes it can be daunting, but all you are doing is comparing one side against the other. It is easier than checking your front lines, which I can guarantee you are uneven, because I can guarantee you haven't checked them right.
flying doctor wrote:
I wasn't prepared for the science that's involved in the maintenance of a foil kite
Honestly the problem you have is so basic it is not really science. If I had the kite I could show you how to check it in 5 mins, have most all problems identified and maybe solve it in 5 more mins. It could get more involved and take more time but I doubt it. There is definitely a problem with your mixer from the pics, and I am certain your front lines are uneven.
jakemoore wrote:
Foilholios advice is generally good but he has A and C reverses.
Well if that is the case it looks more like it would go to the right. I guess it's more the front lines then.
jakemoore wrote:
Finally, mixer positions don’t mean much without also knowing what Z is doing.
Without Z they don't mean much for checking the profile ,but for symmetry it is best to compare both sides with the mixer fully depowered. A and B are the most important you rarely get bias powering as you can just steer it out easy.