What is the chicken loop length on Best 08 bars?

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Monkeykiter
Monkeykiter
NSW
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NSW, 107 posts
11 Jan 2009 5:00pm
I destroyed my original rope that the bar runs over, so I replaced it with some non-best brand rope. (A lot cheaper!)

However it seems out of trim now. Can someone who has a Best 08/09 bar please measure the length of the rope from the chicken loop to the trim strap?

I think i've made mine too long.


Thanks

Bo
Bo
WA
192 posts
Bo Bo
WA, 192 posts
11 Jan 2009 3:27pm
It's 37cm

Regards,
Bo

Saffer
Saffer
VIC
4501 posts
VIC, 4501 posts
11 Jan 2009 6:15pm
Monkeykiter said...

I destroyed my original rope that the bar runs over, so I replaced it with some non-best brand rope. (A lot cheaper!)

However it seems out of trim now. Can someone who has a Best 08/09 bar please measure the length of the rope from the chicken loop to the trim strap?

I think i've made mine too long.


Thanks




The kite lines (front and rear) should always be equal length when the kite is power up (on the strap or cleat) and the bar is pulled in. Most manufacturers configure their kites to work that way now. No need to remember the depower rope length in future.

Monkeykiter
Monkeykiter
NSW
107 posts
NSW, 107 posts
13 Jan 2009 7:45pm
By 'power up' do you mean letting the depower strap all the way out to lengthen the front lines to their longest?

Then pull the bar in so the back lines are at their shortest.

Now whilst holding that if I had tied all 4 lines to a peg in the ground I should adjust my rope to the position where all 4 lines are exactly the same tension?
Saffer
Saffer
VIC
4501 posts
VIC, 4501 posts
13 Jan 2009 8:22pm
Yes, and yes. Let the strap out so the front lines are their longest and pull in the bar as if you were unhooked.

You could avoid adjusting the rope if there are knots where the front or rear lines join to the bar. I have them on mine to allow for line stretching.
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