Hi Folks,

I hope some of you guru's can help us out here. I got a Rev 9 and it looks like one of my outer lines is a little longer than the other.

At first I thought it was one of my inside lines as my kite was pulling to one side.

I measured the front lines and they are the same. when I measured the back lines one is slightly longer, about 1 inch difference.

Some guy on the beach said to tie a figure 8 in the line to shorten it.

1) If I do that, how much strength will I loose in the lines?

2) I have also had advice to just connect the longer line to the next knot up on the pigtail??


Any advice would be really appreciated

Keep Surfin

i had the same problem like a week ago. though mine was in the front line. i have just tied a knot. i dont think this will be a problem because over the last year i have managed to create two unintensional knots.

or you could just buy replacement slingy lines. set u back abit though

Do Mega loops in the other direction

Have you check under the floats on the bar, some kites give you additional knots to counter for line length changes. They are sometimes inside the floats so if you slide them up the line you can get access to the additional knots.

i have knots on my outside lines, but to compensate for the longer flying line i just set the inside lines on the different knots on the bridle.

Thanks for the advice guys

Moved up one knot on front line and stretched back line a little. Seems ok

Also the Slingshot instructional video on strtching lines said it was cool to tie a figure 8 in the lines. Mind you they only spoke about front lines.