how do you pull out a strut patch it and then put it back in???
is it any different on different kites as mine in a Naish.
plz help!!!!!!!!! so i can quickly go back out today

I've done it a coupla times pretty easy.

1. Tie kite line to the valve on the bladder, nice and tight, you don't want it coming off.
2. Open the thin end of the bladder sheath (on the trailing edge of your kite) and slowly edge you bladder down and out.
3. The line attached to your valve, needs to come out the bottom of the sheath, so you can pull your bladder back into the right possy.
4. Patch the hole.
5. Make sure you keep the exposed bladder as free of sand grit etc as possible at all times.
6. Lay the repaired bladder out on the ground so it is sitting as it will be when it's back in the sheath.
7. You might need help here, but you basically need to reattach the kite line to the bladder valve, and gently pull the line from the leading edge end of the sheath, gently feeding the bladder in from the trailing edge end.
8. Should all slide in smoothly, and then you just refasten the tabs on the end of the sheath and you're good to go.

Hope it works.

B

you can use a broom-handle as a big needle, to thread the line inside the strut, if you drop the line or don't use it to begin with.

Thanks for the advice i have just found out it is where the valve is glued to the bladder, F*#*ing repairs.

McNett manufacture a product called "Tenatious". It's a tape that sticks like the proverbial to a blanket. You should be able to get it at camping stores like Ray's Tent City.

It sticks like nothing else I've seen, so get the possitioning right the first time!

Good stuff; my kite wouldn't fly without it.

(Can I have some ca$h for this advert now?)