Postby twig » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:25 pm
I have now added pigtails to lengthen b + c + br, to compensate for shrink in the bridle. To get back total the right length in the middle of the kite (mixer test on a1) I would have to add around 12 - 15cm on the b + c + br. If doing so I would lengthen the rest of the kite too much. I was also checkingdifferences between (a to b, c and br) at a5 and a9, both sides.
My idea was then instead to do mixertest to a5, and then to add extra pigtails inside the middle of the bridle to give the middle of the kites bridle the right length, then shorten the tips with knots.
after long mixertest at a5 with added pitails to main B, C and BR ( from 8 to 12cm long ones), the kite should be good between middle and the tips, the middle a bit more stable and the tips slightly too short at b,c and br(unstable tips).
The kite now flies fast in the sky -feels good, but then gives a very very certain collapse at speed on the foil. sometimes its the middle with frontstall collapse, and sometimes 1/3 of the kite cuts at around a4 / a5 and that tip(1/3 of the kite just hangs behind the kite.
After these collapses the airpressure inside is much less and it needs you to pull the bar fully to inflate and fold out the structure, while dragging 150meter back to the beach.
if i would shorten b+c from now I will just loose the speed of the kite, after shortening alot i think i would be back at a stable yet slow kite. Im in doubt that this kite would work with a complete new bridle and im not willing to sell this to someone to deal with. The inside looks good, nothing broken, maybe just a tiny bit of wear, tiny rips in the upper part of the round holes in the cell wall in the middle of the kite, but so little i cant see that it would be the problem. The PMA's should compensate for that.
Any other pro tips?