hey all i have some stretched lines and i was wondering how much these affect the kite performance in the air? i find with my kite it doesn't just want to sit still its always wanting to sway left and right, i can only keep it still at lunch.
i'm only addressing this issue now because my kite looped when it shouldn't have and i ended higher than my kite getting pulled straight down into a sand bar (and it really hurt like a Mofo) this shocked the hell out of me
Well think about it, your lines will affect your kite just like moving the bar;your left line being 3cm shorter than your right (back lines) will mean that your kite will tend to steer left as if you're pulling on the left side of the bar.
If one of your front lines is shorter than the other then you end up with a badly shaped kite that doesn't create as much lift (like flagging a bow... partially). If your back lines become far longer than your front lines your kite will overfly you, and if your front lines are too long you'll have a kite that permanently 'flares' in the air and doesn't have enough depower and although this can be solved by pigtails, sometimes even they aren't enough.
So yes... they affect the performance of your kite big time... go get some new lines or put some extra pigtails on the lines that are too short. It sounds almost sounds like your kite is flaring; too much back line tension causing it to fall back in the window and it will shoot off either left or right when you bring it low say to 2 o'clock.
Sounds like you need to tune your lines. You need check that the front lines are the same length as the back lines . This can be easily achieved by tying the line to a fixed object and laying them out and identify the culprit. Then it is a case of tying some knots or adjusting the pig tails. I have had significant results when playing around with the setting on my kite 'ATOM 08'. Even slight adjustments can make HUGE difference.
my 1st kite i got 2nd hand 4 years ago had stretched centre lines and caused the kite to try and power up too much causing the kite to fall back and flare. and in higher winds the kite would power up to much and not be able to depower. i think the centre lines are more likely to stretch because thats were most of the pull is. it took 20cm of line extensions to the outside lines to make the thing fly decently.
maesure your bridle lines, no matter how even your flying lines are your kite will not fly even from one direction to the other.I thought i was going mad after i checked and double checked my lines,and found it to be a 60cm difference in my bridle line,yes 60cm which had streched.This may help,by the way it was a sb1.
maesure your bridle lines, no matter how even your flying lines are your kite will not fly even from one direction to the other.I thought i was going mad after i checked and double checked my lines,and found it to be a 60cm difference in my bridle line,yes 60cm which had streched.This may help,by the way it was a sb1.
