Anyone had any leading edge bladder problems with the 09 Waroo? I have a new 13m to cut a long stort slightly short I had to take the bladder out to make a very small repair to the LE fabric, and re-fitted the bladder. First time after I pumped it up - bang- the bladder tip blew. Obviously I thought I hadn't refitted it properly, so went on to repair the bladder, this time taking a lot of care when re folding the tip making certain the velcro was clean and fitting squarely etc. Yep, you guessed it the tip blew out again!
As a new bladder wasn't available the local shop sent the kite and bladder to Moti Levi for 'a proper repair' with him re-fitting the bladder to make sure everything was good. Got the kite back last week and pumped it up to 5psi just to start with and looked at the tips, everything was looking good. A few more strokes of the pump and bollocks the end blew out again!

Now I'm starting go get pissed of about this. I would just like to know if anybody has had simillar problems.

Have you contacted the person you bought it from and best?

Hi Board9898,

We had a customer yesterday who when inflating his new 10m Airush Flow FT, blew a leading edge bladder. This was the first occurence of this I have had with Airush. He was pretty pissed off as he had taken time out of his day to kite in the early afternoon.

I gave him my new 10m demo Flow FT to continue his session and took his kite to the Airush loft were they inspected it and agreed the bladder had been incorrectly installed/too short and agreed to an immediate warranty replacement. I rocked around to the Airush distributors who had a bladder waiting for me. I grabbed it and raced back to the beach and had the new bladder in the kite as he finished off his session and was packing up my demo FT. Total turn around repair time was about 2 hours.

We swapped kites and he was pretty stoked. We pumped his new bladder and checked it to 7 pounds and it was all good. Problem solved! Many thanks to Airush for prompt service and an excellent resolution to an unusual problem.

I'm sure if you contact either the shop you bought it from, or Joe from Best, you'll get some sort of resolution.

Good winds,

Kitehard said...

Hi Board9898,

We had a customer yesterday who when inflating his new 10m Airush Flow FT, blew a leading edge bladder. This was the first occurence of this I have had with Airush. He was pretty pissed off as he had taken time out of his day to kite in the early afternoon.

I gave him my new 10m demo Flow FT to continue his session and took his kite to the Airush loft were they inspected it and agreed the bladder had been incorrectly installed/too short and agreed to an immediate warranty replacement. I rocked around to the Airush distributors who had a bladder waiting for me. I grabbed it and raced back to the beach and had the new bladder in the kite as he finished off his session and was packing up my demo FT. Total turn around repair time was about 2 hours.

We swapped kites and he was pretty stoked. We pumped his new bladder and checked it to 7 pounds and it was all good. Problem solved! Many thanks to Airush for prompt service and an excellent resolution to an unusual problem.

I'm sure if you contact either the shop you bought it from, or Joe from Best, you'll get some sort of resolution.

Good winds,

*Always the opportunist, Kitehard cleverly sneaks in the airush ad.
lol.

But to soften the blatant pimping, he concludes and echoes the same wisdom that the previous posters advised.
Nice.

Hi 9898

I had the same problem with a 13 Waroo and 12 HP. To be honest I think it's the way the bladder is re-installed. I had it happen to me twice. While I'm not sure exactly why it was doing this, I believe a twist in the bladder when installing turns the velcro tip and then the end pops out. I have repaired a couple of times since with no problems. My suggestion is to absolutely ensure no twists when installing, pump up very slowly and beat all along the LE with your hand several times at each stage. Then check the velcro regularly that it's square.

board9898 said...

Anyone had any leading edge bladder problems with the 09 Waroo? I have a new 13m to cut a long stort slightly short I had to take the bladder out to make a very small repair to the LE fabric, and re-fitted the bladder. First time after I pumped it up - bang- the bladder tip blew. Obviously I thought I hadn't refitted it properly, so went on to repair the bladder, this time taking a lot of care when re folding the tip making certain the velcro was clean and fitting squarely etc. Yep, you guessed it the tip blew out again!
As a new bladder wasn't available the local shop sent the kite and bladder to Moti Levi for 'a proper repair' with him re-fitting the bladder to make sure everything was good. Got the kite back last week and pumped it up to 5psi just to start with and looked at the tips, everything was looking good. A few more strokes of the pump and bollocks the end blew out again!
Now I'm starting go get pissed of about this. I would just like to know if anybody has had simillar problems. no it only happen illegal immigrants ,get back in ya boat an row home lol

Use plenty of Talcum Powder on the bladders before inserting.

Makes them really easy to slide in and to work out any twists.

I have been riding Best Kites pretty well exclusively since 2003 and have never had any issues. ( except plenty of ** from others about their use)

Cheers - Fitzy - Gold Coat OZ

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