This is how I would do it:
Of course we are talking about an aging foil kite that would be modified by you, based on the advise of strangers on the internet. So use common sense to avoid a fall onto hard ground or a failure far from shore.
This is how I would do it:
So I like to fly on land in light and smooth wind and relatively short lines so I can see the smallest bridles.
This advice is priceless. Thank you!!jakemoore wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:14 amSo I like to fly on land in light and smooth wind and relatively short lines so I can see the smallest bridles.
I like to extend C until I get instability and then bring it back until it is just stable. Then I shorten it a little more until I have what I want. Longer C is unstable in extremes. As you shorten you get a period with fast turning, powerful lift but on-off power and sagging rear lines while depower. This is not bad if you want the max low wind ability. Shorten a little more and bar pressure increases and you get more of a progressive depower. This is what you want for turbulent winds or riding powered up and jumping. Shorten too much and then back stall.
I can’t feel the difference in B so much. So I look for a harmonious position where the smallest lines are not slack at extreme power or depower by comparing their appearance to A and C in flight.
This makes a lot of sense. How short can you go for this visual approach to tuning?jakemoore wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:14 amSo I like to fly on land in light and smooth wind and relatively short lines so I can see the smallest bridles.
I like to extend C until I get instability and then bring it back until it is just stable. Then I shorten it a little more until I have what I want. Longer C is unstable in extremes. As you shorten you get a period with fast turning, powerful lift but on-off power and sagging rear lines while depower. This is not bad if you want the max low wind ability. Shorten a little more and bar pressure increases and you get more of a progressive depower. This is what you want for turbulent winds or riding powered up and jumping. Shorten too much and then back stall.
I can’t feel the difference in B so much. So I look for a harmonious position where the smallest lines are not slack at extreme power or depower by comparing their appearance to A and C in flight.
Once I attached a 7m Speed to two Home Depot 5 gallon buckets filled with water directly at the mixer. This was when we were adding new pullies to the bridle to try to catch up to Speed 2 performance and depower. It was a pain but I could get the kite to fly static.
thanks for the update! I am pretty sure he got the B pulley line the C pulley line confused and switched them. the B is 120cm and the C is 100cm. The first line to wear out on that kite is the C pulleyline (it gets the most rubbing against the pulley) and he probably replacled both at once and forgot which was which.
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