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Bridle line.

Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:34 pm

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Re: Bridle line.

Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:16 pm

I have a Shadow and it's quite a good low wind kite as long as you aren't bothered about doing yoyo's ( it can do them but it hard). The standard dyneema bridle can slip - mine did - the best thing is to rub a little Beeswax on the knots which helps to stop them slipping. You use to be able to get 90lb Climax bridle line from Go Kites which is pretty thin. However, I suggest rather than retie the bridle straight away you wax the knots and try it on the standard bridle - the reason I say that is that some people find the Shadow tends to oversteer a lot with the standard bridle and can be rather twitchy. If you find this is the case there is an alternative bridle you can use that gets rid of 90% of the oversteer - I can either send you the dimensions or I can tie a bridle up for you. For the record I use unsleeved dyneema flying line for my bridle but I tie it in a way that it can't slip.
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Re: Bridle line.

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Re: Bridle line.

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Re: Bridle line.

Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:46 pm

Gentle steady wind is the best - especially when you have a nice UL/SUL to fly :-)
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