nah but like your hot knife they are good for bladder repairs if you are quik

Almost as good as my new invention to replace the bicycle

Slave, I don’t really see it's purpose………… Is this a new place to connect your death leash to?

The laugh is on us hes tinkering with our heads

Trant said...

Didn't Gaastra make a 2 holed bar once?

Yeah that rings a bell, but theirs was a left and right hole in the main bar.

All that thing did was chew the chicken loop line!

Lurve your work Slave, but I haven't got a clue.........nice tinkering weather though

mattyjee said...
Also, WTF is that tool in the background of the original photo?

rope cutter.

mattyjee said...

^^ Yes, core bars have the 3 hole thingy for untwisting lines.

Also, WTF is that tool in the background of the original photo?

Was it Slave ?
lol

I think we have to get to 2 pages before he tells us.

Why does the hole need to be thru the bar ? ^^^
It makes more sense NOT to have a hole (thru the bar) strengthwise.

Spacemonkey! said...

Almost as good as my new invention to replace the bicycle

this looks more like a WA sex toy for gay people who live in the west...the seat pole lookes like it has been ribbed for that extra rough ride

I think it's a safety system. And as it's slave's it's probably an alternative to a leash, only works for those who ride hooked in, and sucks for untwisting.

Still, these imagined limitation saside, I'm guessing that there's a loop that goes through the second hole and then one end up through the bar to your front line/s and the other end goes to your chicken loop (though I'm not sure how that helps. The loop attaches to your harness and if your chicken loop fails or unhooks involuntarily, the loop pulls through in such a way the your front line/s are pulled down to the bar, thereby depowering/flagging the kite like a regular front line flag, but with the bar still within reach so you can re-set it or self-rescue more easily.

And slave, I still would like to see pics of your custom chicken loop.

Beersy said...

waveslave said...
It makes more sense NOT to have a hole (thru the bar) strengthwise.

That's true, but how often do bars actually snap. I've been using one bar on all three of my kites for 2 years now and it's not showing any signs of stress. So strengthwise, they're already up to the job, and adding appendages just adds more complexity.

When you think about it, most of the load is on the centre lines, not on the bar. The bar is only attached to the rear lines, which don't tend to have that much load on. The only time some load might come on the bar is when you are unhooked, but as I see it, guys hold the bar pretty much in the centre when they unhook most of the time.

This off axis hole looks pretty pointless if you ask me. Not to mention the drilling of holes and insertion of screws into the bar could induce a weak point(s) in the bar, right near the existing hole, where stress will be concentrated in the bar anyway.

Kind of like Homer Simpson putting tweed elbow patches on his leather jacket...

I know its a turkey ring or whatever Felix , Tophat and the boys call it. Ride fully powered, sh!t hits the fan release on your contraption.

Been looking at the vids of the boys and it definitely seems alot of power is lost with depower, you could ride quite a few sizes down!

Cheers
Rich

What stops it from falling off your harness hook if you lose tension?