no

Bigwavedave said...

no

Thanks for that helpful response

Hi surfy31,

Changing bars will do nothing to fix the bar pressure. The bar pressure comes from the bridle setup and kite design.

You can change the kite to a one pump, but it will cost you more than the kite is worth. You'll need $150 worth of strut valves fitted, and then get a kite maker to open up the leading edge in three places, cut a hole for the valves, reinforce and sew the reinforcing pieces into the leading edge and then sew the three open sections of leading edge back up. Then add transfer tubes, clip locks, and cable ties and the whole job should cost around $500 in total. On an old 09 Kahoona, that's about all the kite is worth.

The Kahoona is cheap because you aren't paying for the little extra's you get on more expensive kites. It will be much cheaper to buy the kites with the extras in the first place.

DM

No was still the answer.

Surfy31 said...

Thanks DM, question answered.

Actually I don't think Darren is entirely correct on this one. It is possible to cheaply convert a multi-pump system to one pump.

Eclipse kite successfully did this using some tubing, a few cheap joiners and some cable ties. Works fine