Was just wondering if you leave your kite in your car on a hot summers day while your working etc will the heat in the car damage your kite ?
I have a van and left all my kites permanently in them - last 5 years. Never had an issue - but Sydney is not that hot compared to some places.
I have heard that the heat can effect the glue that sticks the valves to the leading edge ,and cause leaking valves .Thats probably the only damage it could possibly do.
I put a couple of blankets over my kites, 1 because not many thieves....in Perth anyway........steal blankets and 2 to keep the sun off the kites.
I sometimes also use a windscreen sunshade.
I generally leave the kites in the car and never had problem in 5 years.
heat can kill any fabric it just depends how much heat. Had a bloke fix a valve under our shade on the beach the other day but for 10 min left the first strut in the sand out of the wind sure enough that valve peeled off. Also leave a kite near the roof of a shed over summer and the canopy just disintegrates.( I am talking about a lot more heat than you would get in Sydney)
Yup, glue that holds the valves to the bladders let go in high temps. happened to me in Cape Verde, and Dahkla, each time on North kites (06- 08 models). Seems its less likely to happen now, they use better glue.
Had a guy lose all the bladders on his kites in Saudi because he left them in the car for one day. It was in the shade in 40 degree heat. High temps melt the glue on the kite bladders.
A few years ago you would lose all of your valves if you left kites in your car on a hot summer day in Perth. However nowadays I dont have the same issues, current kites live in my car, 3 years and counting..
They must use different glue, when you have to peel valves off my fuels, solid contact with boiling water is required to make the glue release.
