elguapo wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:33 am
does the bar float?
The answer is NO. The Pintxo bar does not float. For me it's not essential that a bar floats. If I am connected with the kite via bar system there is no need. If I disconnect myself from the kite I am mostly on the beach and make a break to drink or eat something. For me it was more important that the bar is simple and easy to maintain if necessary. Therefore the carbon tube is not closed at both ends so water, sand, dust etc can come out easily. The main goal was a clean and simple design.
BTW: I was asked the same question in the German forum too some days ago and so I was curios if there are some bars on the market really floating. So I went to the spot and asked some other kiteboarders if I could test their bars with huge floaters etc from several brands. What do you think was the result? None of them floats! They sink like a stone. I was super surprised, because I would have bet with those big floaters they should float easily. The opposite happened.
nixmatters wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:14 pm
@Rainer, my only concern - why one pump on so thin struts?!
Would you prefer to have a separate valve on each strut? Me definitely not. I like it easy and quick. Beside that it´s always super difficult to pump such thin struts hard enough with a big pump.
The Maverick kite has no plastic clips to close the one pump system. I have never closed them myself and I do not see any kiteboarder closing them. So the security aspect is similar. If you do not have them is same safe like if you do not close them. Moreover these plastic clips sometimes are bending the tube between the one-pump-valves so the air cannot go out easily. So I designed my kite without these clips and I am happy with it.
Ciao
Rainer Kauper
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