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daggy

528 posts

daggy

WA, 528 posts

14 Feb 2011 9:52pm

go on ,I dare you . Explain to me what these loopy things at the bottom of my steering lines are for!!!

ezza

NSW

561 posts

ezza

NSW, 561 posts

15 Feb 2011 1:35am

Oh **** Release? Designed to flag kite out to one back line and kill all power. attach leash to OSR, especially when newbish, then if situation requires release chicken loop and bar will fly off up line, totally flagging kite out and killing all power.

daggy

528 posts

daggy

WA, 528 posts

14 Feb 2011 10:44pm

so what's with the hand sized red and black loops then.If I'm going to attach my leash(which nobody ever would) then I'd just use the metal ring, but we're provided with large loops about the size of your hand which nobody has ever been able to explain - including shop guys!!!

ImaYinkle

18 posts

ImaYinkle

WA, 18 posts

14 Feb 2011 11:33pm

Perhaps the HAND sized loops are there for your HANDS to grab hold of, thus aiding you in your attempt to attach your leash to those small metal rings.

Mr float

NSW

3452 posts

Mr float

NSW, 3452 posts

15 Feb 2011 8:16am

daggy said...

so what's with the hand sized red and black loops then.If I'm going to attach my leash(which nobody ever would) then I'd just use the metal ring, but we're provided with large loops about the size of your hand which nobody has ever been able to explain - including shop guys!!!

you're kidding.Beware of your plans .IMO on many kites Oh **** is what you will be saying if you have released to your backlines (otherwise known as OSR) as the kite propellars you down the beach

Rhys McClintock

NSW

995 posts

Rhys McClintock

NSW, 995 posts

15 Feb 2011 10:06am

I call them relaunch handles in lessons... You crash the kite, stand up - hold a relaunch handle untill your Rally is in the air, then let go (When the handle resets and velcro's itself back onto the line - Magic

Kitesplosh

VIC

123 posts

Kitesplosh

VIC, 123 posts

15 Feb 2011 10:18am

You're probly trolling but I'll bite anyway...

On many kites the normal non-suicide leash attachment is on one front line. If that front line snaps and your kite goes into a death loop toward the nearest rocky groin, recommended procedure is to shout 'Oh SH!@!" at the top of your voice, grab a one of those hand sized OSH and deploy your safety.

Saffer

VIC

4501 posts

Saffer

VIC, 4501 posts

15 Feb 2011 10:51am

Also used to be used for kiters running suicide leashes attached to the chicken loop in the older days. Generally if they got in trouble (like a tangle with a newbie or a tree if they were a cabrinha rider), they were on suicide so pulling the QR would do nothing, the idea was to grab the OSR and pull the safety.

myusernam

QLD

6159 posts

myusernam

QLD, 6159 posts

15 Feb 2011 10:26am

cabrinhas dont have them because they have 100% depower

wait for it

Saffer

VIC

4501 posts

Saffer

VIC, 4501 posts

15 Feb 2011 11:51am

myusernam said...

cabrinhas dont have them because they have 100% depower

wait for it

Actually I agree 100%. Fly them into a tree and voila, 100% depower

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