as the subject says....
recently got a 2005 spec 2, the bar has a spinning leash so i'm wondering if i engage the dick is there any chance of the chicken loop coming off? if there is obviously i'd be up **** creek as that is all that would be attaching me to the kite.
should i just attach the leash from the harness to the chicken loop? has anyone had any stories of coming unhooked inadvertantly whilst using the dick?

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cheers

cheers mate, that's sorta what i was wanting to hear hehe.
i wouldn't have thought the chicken loop could come off with the dick properly in place at the original length. just wanted to make sure.
bring on the weekend then!!

Had a mate whose dick failed.........no pun intended.

The bit of material holding the dick wore away and it popped when kiting at the Abrolhos about 400m from where that guy was taken by the Tiger shark.

The kite was 2kms away by the time we got to it with the tender after I dragged the guy in with his board.

The was no way in a million years I would have thought that it would wear where it did.

Lesson of the day - check your gear.....and never trust your dick. Mine has gotten me into heaps of trouble because I listened to it. :)

my dick is brand new hehe so shouldn't have the wear problems ur mate had, will keep a close eye on it though,
will check what u said dan make sure it isn't gonna go anywhere etc..
exams (well exam only had 1 of 3) are going good. i think i did well in structural concrete, how'd you go?

Hi Hosko

I actually don't use the donkey dick that is attached to the chicken loop. I have a seperate one that is attached to my harness which ensures that it can fall out. I will see if I can get a photo of it this weekend. I think it is a much better option if you want to keep your kite attached

remeber kiddies - there WILL be a time when you want to get rid of the kite so make sure you can release whatever system you have while it is under load

here endeth the safety lesson for the day

Seen several post with people using cable ties on kiteforum. They were also good if you like to unhook, then you can twist the cable-tie so that it is pointing the otherway and will not be in your way when you want to hook and unhook.

Ahem....

Let's not be so crude with kite terminology.

The proper name for the keeper is Chicken-Bone.

Regards
'slave

Ive never met an untrustworthy camel

But my names not Richard either...