jonathan.deibel - 27-2-2006 at 12:03 PM
hi, i recently bought a wipika airblast and it seems to have a system on it to depower the kite using sum sort of pulleys on the side of the kite on
the trailing edge and the kite came with four extra lilnes plus the normal four used for flying. two of the extra line have a set of two lines going
into one, can anyone help me out?
jonesing4wind - 28-2-2006 at 06:40 AM
hmmmm, could it be a 5th line system? or leader extensions? anyone else hazard a guess of what it is? How long are the "extra" lines? How thick
are they, like the regular flying lines or smaller/bigger diameter?
sean
harry.allerston - 28-2-2006 at 11:28 AM
i flew his kite and the lines are thinner than the main ones and i would hazard a guess at them being 3m
krumly - 4-3-2006 at 07:37 PM
Harry -
Don't think this is a fifth line set-up. I'm betting it's a trailing edge reverse-relaunch system. Check out the 2003 Wipika manual - there's
something in there:
http://www.wipikakiteboarding.com/fileadmin/file_archive/sha...
Chris Krumm
harry.allerston - 16-3-2006 at 10:23 AM
its apparenty called an 'adaptive bridle'
what the hell?
Bucky - 26-3-2006 at 07:28 PM
Sounds similar to the adaptive bridle on my Jojo Rage. Its used to facilitate turning. When pulling back the power lines on one side, it relaeses
additional brake on the other.
Maybe it's the same setup?
murraybeetle - 27-3-2006 at 01:08 AM
hi there i have the 14m airblast and when i got it the edge reverse-relaunch system all the people i have talk to say take it off and put some pig
talks on and the kite work better unless up want the reverse-relaunch system 