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Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby a99 » Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:54 pm

Ozone foil tear split into two parts during kiteloop

https://fb.watch/cFpBK1sTcF/
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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby mgs » Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:31 am

Never seen this happen before!
Can you provide additional close up images of both parts of the wing?

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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby a99 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:51 am

There is just video which seems not fake. It is not my video and session, credits goes to:
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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby nothing2seehere » Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:32 am

I had assumed that one of the lines was caught up on something. You can see what possibly looks like another kite line a few metres up the lines. I suspect its this that causes the chain reaction. Not sure if this person has ridden through another kiters lines or whether its one of his own lines tangled up?
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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby downunder » Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:27 pm

Nothing new.

How many LEI kites split in half? Me at least 2...

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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby a99 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:01 pm

downunder wrote:
Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:27 pm
Nothing new.

How many LEI kites split in half? Me at least 2...
But probably this is first video where it shows how its happen.

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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby Slappysan » Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:33 pm

downunder wrote:
Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:27 pm
How many LEI kites split in half? Me at least 2...
I've never seen a LEI spit in half! I see all the ripstop split all the time but the dacron LE and bladder always remain.

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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby evan » Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:30 am

nothing2seehere wrote:
Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:32 am
I had assumed that one of the lines was caught up on something. You can see what possibly looks like another kite line a few metres up the lines. I suspect its this that causes the chain reaction. Not sure if this person has ridden through another kiters lines or whether its one of his own lines tangled up?

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That's his own front line, you see it flapping around still connected to the trim system. Would explain why the kite is looping, although the kite must have seen some wear or even previous damage to tear in two like this by a snapped front line.

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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby omg » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:14 am

well, not interested in foil kites per se, but if you look the video, you can see there's a an odd area/line in the kite just where it will rip, so there must have been a repair which gave out.

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Re: Ozone foil tear-split during kiteloop

Postby direnc » Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:00 am

This one does look like a result of a tangle with another rider/object, but I have seen this happen twice without any tangles before.
First one was a Chrono V1 15m. Rider got submerged and kite under heavy tension. The kite exploded with a loud bang. A tip got torn off and amost all internal ribs were torn.
The second one was a Sonic Race 11m. Same rider. Kite split in half mid air during a downloop when the rider fell. Kite did not touch the water.


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