NorthernKitesAu wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:27 am
I have a 3rd hand Ozone Chrono 12m that I've been using recently. However, it's exhibiting back stalling and braking when I sheet the bar in. When I sheet out the kite grabs a tonne of power and I am suddenly either airborne or pendulumed underneath the kite, if I don't direct upwind quickly enough. It's a beast!
I've watched the videos and checked the bridles, so I think this is something else. Yes, 4-line bar is equal as well. Any tips please?
How much experience do you have with foil kites?
The Chrono v1 has a lot of issues. The V2 fixed almost all of them. But it left 2 things - lots of controls to manage throughout the wind window, and high aspect requiring bridle checks.
If you are coming from an inflatable background, it's like going from an automatic transmission car to a jet fighter. You need to get some time under the kite to learn those controls you never had access to before.
You can "castrate" the kite by adding length to the steering lines, but then you lose "stall capabilities" that are really nice for power ON/OFF anywhere in the window.
If you are hydrofoiling with it, it's not losing anything useful if you do "castrate" it with longer back lines. Even my inflatables get a little more steering line length when I ride a hydrofoil, though my inflatables are terrible hydrofoil kites.