blahhh, don't get me started on the slingshot depower rope, its the achillies heal of the otherwise most bomb proof of kites. am yet to make one last a whole season, and that lube wax that andy or any slingshot rep will tell you to get and put on your depower, just makes the rope sticky and impossible to use as it gets full of sand and crap, and its like you can't use the depower anymore because its either stuck in the cleat or you can't get it to stick in the cleat.
every slingshot i have owned since '04 has this problem, fuels, links and revs. its almost as if its slingshots sucker punch to get you to buy their ridiculously over priced "genuine replacement part".. the old fuels were the worst, they had the neoprene sleeve over the splice, so you basically had to go the genuine rip off, the only upside was they wore out half way along where it would go through the ring holding the front lines, so when you had to replace them you were left with the perfect length bondage rope, the neoprene sleeve makes for an easy cuff, that is binding but without being totally overly masochistic as knots and buckles tend to be...
only thing is, i've got dozens and i've only ever needed one... tried two once, but it was a bugger to get into them and when i did i found i was stuck and could not do anything.... just lay there and wait for someone to come help me out of them... i live by myself, so it took a while, never been so glad to hear a jehovah god botherer at my door i tell you.....



...and yes in my experience, sail shop spectra works just as good, lasts just as long and costs as much as slingshot would charge you for the packet they put their genuine replacement in...

i tried bees wax but it just jams the sh!t out of it. [frustrating as hell] i like a nice smooth running bar and the wax just makes the whole thing sticky. so i cut it off and put the spectraspeed on . i`ll let you know how it goes.

The surf wax hardens up a bit and became smooth not sticky. I just used Mrs Palmers warm water wax.

Ive had this problem as well on fuels and revs. I connect a Ronstan pulley to the silver ring and loop the rope back through this pulley rather than the loop. Makes a huge difference. A little expensive but when I sell the kites I remove the pulleys and use them on my new kites.

LouD said...

Ive had this problem as well on fuels and revs. I connect a Ronstan pulley to the silver ring and loop the rope back through this pulley rather than the loop. Makes a huge difference. A little expensive but when I sell the kites I remove the pulleys and use them on my new kites.

I did exactly the same on my TD1. It does save your trim-rope and it makes trim adjustment much lighter and smoother.
Only problem (AND IT IS A BIG ONE - ESP IF YOU ARE UNAWARE) is if you are using your below the bar depower to your safety leash then the trim-rope will not pull through the 'active stopper ball' and the pulley. The rope will jam tight when the stopper ball hits the pulley.

When your throw to safety you only have as much depower as you have set on your throw length.
This is very dangerous esp for those who normally ride with the 'stopper ball' a long way out. The further out the stopper ball is the less depower you will have on your leash. It becomes just the same as riding a suicide leash.

No puppet . It works fine. Maybe we are doing things differently. My safety and depower work fine. Not sure though why you would want to connect safety leash to depower?

PROBLEMS WITH SS GEAR....COULD IT BE!

I DON"T BELIEVE IT!

i personal think ss a very good bar set up. Everything is kept simple and easy to use, you will get wear on most ropes, its not only a ss problem. But its interesting hearing how much length people go to, with their set ups