my 7m vegas is pulling to one side? Have tried different lines and bar and makes no differance? there is no visable damage to canopy or bridles the kite was bought in feb 2010 any ideas anyone?????

hold the bar with two hands instead of one

nope all birdels match oposing side? I have tried kite with different lines and bar and still the same?????

It could be:
1. Stretched bridles, but you have eliminated that...
2. Strtethed/twisted lines, especially if you favour tricks in one direction. Pinch the lines out and compare the lengths...
3. Twisted kite, from too many crashes. Put the kite LE down on a hard level flat surface and see if it 'Sits' right...
Hope that helps...

If you reckon the lines and canopy are alright I would be checking the structure of the Leading Edge.
I had trouble a few years ago and it didn't matter what I tried it still pulled to the right.
It wasn't until I pulled the L/E bladder out to see if it had a twist in it that I found the problem.
It wasn't the bladder, in fact it was the leading edge itself. When pumping the kite back up to see if I had put the bladder back correctly I noticed that one wind tip was pointing towards the roof and the other was at about 75 degrees.
The leading edge was not constructed correctly.
I done this in my shed. When pumping up outside in the wind it wasn't noticable.
It actually took me 6 months to find out the problem.

I sent it back to the importer and they agreed the kite was faulty but the French brand didn't want to know about it. Hence I don't fly that brand anymore.

The importers did look after me with a new board which I was happy about.

have a chiro check your back is aligned right

Did the pulling occur after a bingle of some sort?

Thought I had feked my small kite after rolling it in the surf and getting it tangled and inverted. Upon relaunch it pulled waaayyy to one side afterwards for the rest of that sesh.

A thorough wash out after the session, to remove the handfulls of crusted up sand stuck behind the LE, helped a quite a bit.. but next time I took it out it was still a little lop sided. I assumed I had stretched the kite/bridle.

Some time later (don't get my small kite out often) I looked very closely at the bridle(s) and realised that on the side it was pulling to, one length of bridle section, had actually slipped up it's connecting section (hard to describe) so that it was all looking normal, but was in fact slightly shortening that side of the entire bridal. Slipped that section along it's connecting section back into place and kite was as good as new.

Try laying your deflated kite out with wing tips close to each other and carefully compare/mirror each section of the bridle from the two sides against each other. You never know.

Easiest way to cure your problem is sell your Vegas on Seabreeze.com.au and buy a Fuel

Hi Guys,

If not the bridle or lines, put the kite indoors or in your garage and pump it up nice and hard and see if there is any twist in the leading edge. This is the most common cause of pulling to one side.

Leading edges can twist from the bladder being twisted inside the leading edge casing. This can occur by bad kite rolling technique, or a few decent crashes, especially if the LE is deflated in a self rescue situation.

To remedy: Remove the bladder and carefully re-insert the bladder. Follow the tips on the link below

www.kiteboardingschool.com.au/index.php/Beginner-newbie-tips/tip-21-fixing-a-leak-in-a-bladder.html

Cheers,

DM

yerp took it out put it back doesn't seem to have made much differance so i just shortened one back line

anyone one got a comparision between fuel n vegas

Hey Doonut,
I played around with line lenghts, extra pig tails etc etc. Still no good.
Sorry mate in might be a bin case.

AKSonline said...

Hi guys,

To fix a pulling kite, adding or subtracting length to back lines doesn't help. You need to add or subtract to the front lines which will compensate the error. Lengthening or shortening back lines just throws your bar out of level.

DM

... yep, thats what I was saying! Adjust the front lines til good again, worked on my X4

AKSonline said...

Hi guys,

To fix a pulling kite, adding or subtracting length to back lines doesn't help. You need to add or subtract to the front lines which will compensate the error. Lengthening or shortening back lines just throws your bar out of level.

DM

Which way should you go? For example, if the kite keeps pulling right, should you shorten or lengthen the right front relative to the left?

Just read the 1st couple of posts so not sure if this has been mentioned as it almost never happens but if everything is ok as you say then chk for sand in the bladder jammed down in one wing tip that will tilt you.
Rare fault but still just an idea.
Or deformity with the leading edge chk the bladder out make sure it has symmetry to each wing tip ??

oh yeah, me not so bright