Sport, Trick and Freestyle Kite Flying Forum
Infinitive wrote:One other problem that I have had with LPG in the past is the sleeving loosing structural integrity and becoming all bloated and unable to hold a larkshead.
sftonkin wrote:I had this pull-through problem when I started flying. Roy Reed showed me how to solve it by tying an overhand knot at each end of the sleeving before tying it into a loop. Since then I've never had the problem and my favourite (Shanti) line-set must have had well over a hundred hours of use.
Jason wrote:I never sleeve. They never snap. It's a total myth and waste of time IMHO.
audiorob wrote:Jason wrote:I never sleeve. They never snap. It's a total myth and waste of time IMHO.
It's not a myth, the overhand and overhand loop do reduce the line's breaking strength.