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uneven flying kite

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Created by rodney carlos > 9 months ago, 1 May 2012
rodney carlos
NSW, 30 posts
1 May 2012 10:28PM
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Anyone got any suggestions to my problem.My kite tends to drift skywards on one direction and the other direction goes to the water.Just enough to be very annoying ,bar and lines are perfect in line length on all 4 lines as i use it on four other kites.Measured all bridle lines and are all the same length.Has anyone out there had this problem and is there an easy fix .

dunk
WA, 88 posts
1 May 2012 8:36PM
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Hey Rod - what kite? What size?

rodney carlos
NSW, 30 posts
1 May 2012 11:15PM
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2010 griffin 9m

Hunter S
WA, 516 posts
1 May 2012 9:35PM
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I had this problem really bad with one kite - twisted leading edge bladder after getting cleaned up in the surf. Lightly inflate the kite and shake the leading edge to get the bladder to settle back into place.

You should also make sure your lines are all the same length and no bridle or pulley problems.

TurtleHunter
WA, 1675 posts
1 May 2012 9:37PM
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it's got to be in order of likely hood 1 uneven lines,2 uneven bridle or 3 out of shape canopy/leading edge. Once you have eliminated the first 2 talk to your supplier.

yendor
NSW, 262 posts
2 May 2012 11:34AM
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Thanks guys, will try the bladder thing as this kite has had a few tumblings in the surf, and had always flown true until now.

joshy0184
WA, 52 posts
2 May 2012 11:04AM
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Water in the bladder will do the same thing too..

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
2 May 2012 1:38PM
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Maybe your right hand weighs more than your left?

Puetz
NT, 2186 posts
2 May 2012 3:34PM
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... worn lines where a bridal pulley runs over, or some times the pulley gets stuck right on the worn bridal line and distorts the kite.

cheers,

Robbie

stuntnaz
NSW, 540 posts
13 May 2012 5:25PM
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Have had the same problem with my 7m convert and 16m switch/b I have found the problem to be around the pulleys so I replaced the worn lines and replaced pulleys fixed the problem.



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