WA
4263 posts
How strong ....?
Well,
It should be strong enough to handle a fully depowered kite that wants to flog itself in nuke-wind,
but then again,
it shouldn't be so strong as to act as a tow-rope pulling a kiter along at speed in a death-drag,
So, how strong should it be?
Should there be some weak link or something ?
lol.
VIC
131 posts
[}:)] Troll!
Can the system just link this topic with the other leash threads in some kind of recursive death spiral?
QLD
742 posts
Death leash = safety (kite) leash??? (not the old boring board leash thread?)
All my safety leashes also have a quick release in the event that I want to completly disconect myself from the kite - I was of the opinion that all safety leashes were made that way W'slave - what are you using???
So your safety leash should be very strong and able to hold the pull of a depowered kite until YOU want to jetson it !
WA
680 posts
I actually think that it is a sensible post.
There should be a breaking strain on leashes in the off-chance that the kite doesn't depower....leash wrapped around the bar preventing the kite from flagging, suicide leash engaged after a snapped line, kite getting dragged in with the waves etc.
Perhaps there could be different breaking strains for lighter or heavier kiters or different sized kites?
NSW
4188 posts
Ok I will bite (it makes a change to posting in Heavy Weather at least)
By definition, a leash and all attachment points should hold full forces for the rider on all kites in all conditions the rider is likely to be out in.
Otherwise it will break and be, well, useless.
Remember if you choose a death or suicide leash, those forces will be "large"
Having a leash that breaks is not a sign of a safety mechanism, it's a sign that something is wrong in the "safety" system.
WA
9793 posts
I remember back in 2000 on a two line foil got hit by a 40 to 59 knots gust trying to milk the last bit out of an incoming big ass storm. Got lofted I to the dunes, was holding onto some scrub to avoid being pitched into the carpark, the 'safety' ( a piece of rope attached to somewhere, can't remember ( ha ha ha) finally snapped. Saved my ass.
