I am posting here the depower modification of an ozone flow, with friendly permission from flo aka http://www.youtube.com/user/MrFuelburner39 . watch his channel, he might soon upload a video of his depoweremodded flow in action.
the nice thing is, that the ozone flow has only A, B and brake rows. so it is an optimal candidate for an easy one-pulley depower mod.
another good thing: the flow has a thick, stable profile. i think this also helps to keep the kite stable if depowered, at low angles of attack.
hope that is of interest to some of you.Looking_Up - 24-3-2011 at 09:38 PM
Very interesting makes me wonder if I could do my little devil 4.5 that way
Would probably need two pulleys for mine I think there are more rows
Post video let us know how it worksherc - 25-3-2011 at 12:32 AM
(please note again, its not my kite and not my mod, i just uploaded the photos here)
yes, i hope that flo will post a video, soon.
@looking_up: if you have three rows, maybe first try to depower the C-Row only. i did that with my peter lynn twister 7.7 and another testflight
yesterday showed (subjectively) that i gained at least 1:2 depower and that the kite gained more speed and gets closer to the windwindow when
depowered. also loops a bit faster. and all that without loosing its wonderful lowwind capabilitys. it seems as if it is just a win. no drawbacks yet
noted (ok, a bit more tangling due to the primitive selfmade depower mod / pulleys).krumly - 25-3-2011 at 12:57 AM
I think all Li'l Devils are bridled with clusters of A, B, and C primaries gathered to a secondary, rather than having A primaries to a secondary,
then B primaries to another secondary, C primaries to yet another secondary, etc. You'd have to pull the bridle assemblies apart and figure out (or
guesstimate) length of additional secondaries to add in. Bottom line, not a good candidate for depower mods.
krumlyLooking_Up - 25-3-2011 at 07:03 AM
Didn't thinkso but I haven't even drug it out to look at it yetrtz - 25-3-2011 at 02:12 PM
