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The knots on the bridles, or on the pigtails connected to your lines on bow style kites really are quite obsolete.
The reason is that there is a huge amount of trim range available at the bar, and with the trim strap/cleat.
The extra inch you gain at the kite makes little difference, except in extremely strong winds (when if you need the extra inch, you should be on a smaller kite) or in light winds.
The extra inch really only makes a difference to the girls, so I'm told, I think one of my sons mates wrote a song about it, or maybe it was a video??

Just connect all 4 lines to the middle knots, thats what I do, I never use the different knots (even on C kites).

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

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Ju
Its a throwback to the early two line kites,they had some adjustment there,but that was all.

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how does that work? if you only have 2 lines what is the point of changing the lengths?

I agree with Steve. Using different knots only alters the length of the back lines, which is really the same as adjusting the depower strap/rope on the front lines. On bow kites, the distance you can sheet in and out is huge. Using a different knot would only be noticable when the front lines are at their longest and you want to sheet in more. Using the top knot would give you an extra inch or so.