I have been trying to work out the safety system on my Fluid kites. The safety line on my Blade kite comes down through the housing (or whatever you call it) and hooks in to a ring inside the chicken loop. From looking at other peoples bars, this seems to be fairly common.

But on the Fluid the safety just stops at the rings above the bar. This is how it was when I bought it, and I can't really work it out. Someone else with a newer Fluid posted some pics of the bar and mentioned that the setup the way I have it is the 'advanced' setup for kitelooping.

So I thought I'd try and find a manual and work out if the bits and pieces that came with the kite can be used to take it back to a beginner friendly setup.

But I can't seem to find the web site. Does anyone know why? Am I being stupid?

Failing that, are there any other fluid owners out there who can explain it all? :-)

Would appreciate a little help! Thanks :-)

TomW said...

I have been trying to work out the safety system on my Fluid kites. The safety line on my Blade kite comes down through the housing (or whatever you call it) and hooks in to a ring inside the chicken loop. From looking at other peoples bars, this seems to be fairly common.

But on the Fluid the safety just stops at the rings above the bar. This is how it was when I bought it, and I can't really work it out. Someone else with a newer Fluid posted some pics of the bar and mentioned that the setup the way I have it is the 'advanced' setup for kitelooping.

So I thought I'd try and find a manual and work out if the bits and pieces that came with the kite can be used to take it back to a beginner friendly setup.

But I can't seem to find the web site. Does anyone know why? Am I being stupid?

Failing that, are there any other fluid owners out there who can explain it all? :-)

Would appreciate a little help! Thanks :-)

I have a bar the same as your describing and when i first set it up and had a look at it i thought, What the fck is this!
Above the bar safety line?!
I attach my safetly line to the depower ring which im sure is not the right way to do things but be fcked if i want my leash tangled up around the bar when i loop it!
2009 7m atv 4 line

Steve?

So here's the bar. I clip my leash in under the bar and into the red loop. This seems to work fine (I've pulled the safety a couple of times and been fine), but it gets all tangled if the kite loops.

Sounds like there is a solution. Would love some photos of how the correct setup should look!

Has anyone had problems with tuning the steering lines?
From new my lines where about 10cm long then one another.
Not real happy about QC

As a side note, who is the Fluid agent? I need a new bung for the kites. I have two fluid kites, and only one bung! :-)