Used to pump my octane to 8, along with my other slingshot kites. The rebel we have actually has a pressure to pump to, think its either 6 or 7.

8 feels good to me. Had a rev2 and used to pump it to 10psi but crashed it had one day on the water and popped the leading edge, now pump up to 8, crashed it hard a few times and never had that problem again.

In my lessons i was shown that if you pump the kite and stand it on it's end as in ready to launch and it doesn't collapse then it's up enough.

Peterdj said...
In my lessons i was shown that if you pump the kite and stand it on it's end as in ready to launch and it doesn't collapse then it's up enough.

Wow they really taught you that? I would of thought they would tell you to use a pressure gauge, not wait til your about to launch to find out if its pumped up or not...

ericsmith said...

Peterdj said...
In my lessons i was shown that if you pump the kite and stand it on it's end as in ready to launch and it doesn't collapse then it's up enough.

Wow they really taught you that? I would of thought they would tell you to use a pressure gauge, not wait til your about to launch to find out if its pumped up or not...

Um you check it well before you launch, you do have to turn the kite over you know which means it will be in that position anyway

yeah iv got a pressure gauge. my octane dosnt have a user manual got it 2nd hand, il try 8 psi tomorrow see how we go.

LiveToFly said...
I have slingshots and pump all sizes to 9psi and never have problems. From 2011 they have a little plastic clamp that goes over the intake valve to stop it popping off. It must have been a common problem for them to add it. Just buy one of those then problem sorted.

9psi ey. yeah the valve shi ts me. like the outtake valve it has velcro all around the valve to hold it there and on the intake theres just a velcro tab on one side. il have to pop into the local and see if theyv got one of those clamps ur talking about

arloj said...
an old rule of thumb if you dont have a gauge, do the old flick halfway between the centre of the LE and wing-tip, if you get a sort of metallic twang your good to go.

I find the "ping" test to be quite arbitrary. It's quite hard to distinguish the difference between 5-6-7-8-9 PSI with the ping test as it'll sound roughly the same.

The most reliable test and applicable to any kites is the folding test. Try to fold your leading edge and if it's easy to fold = not enough pressure. If it's hard to bend, meaning have to use strong force to be able to bend it in half = good to go. You will also know that you're getting close because you start to feel resistance in your pump.

A lot people under pressure their kites and they all seem to be using "the old ping test"

cbulota said...
The most reliable test and applicable to any kites is the folding test. Try to fold your leading edge and if it's easy to fold = not enough pressure. If it's hard to bend, meaning have to use strong force to be able to bend it in half = good to go. You will also know that you're getting close because you start to feel resistance in your pump.

A lot people under pressure their kites and they all seem to be using "the old ping test"

Quoted again, this is spot on!