zimquats - 1-6-2013 at 02:19 PM
Lets just say I'm a poor bastard, and I built my own kite landboard and I built my own crossover bar to save a few hundred bucks so I could get into
the sport. I tried to save on a kite and whoops...
It's not my first Pansh, I have an Adam 4.5m that's stable so I thought I would get another one from them seeing as it was in my price range.
I ordered a 3m and 5m Blaze 1. The 5m is pretty nice lots of power and pretty stable control inputs are good but the power/brake lines were not even
close. I had to add two feet to the power lines to pick up the slack on the brakes.
I had to do the same with the 3m, but here is the problem; no matter how slack I leave the brakes the kite will not fly to zenith. It goes up to
about 70-75 degrees but will not go to 90 without a lot of speed. When I get it to 90 the kite soon falls back to 70 degrees. Wind speed was 20
gusting to 25 miles.
I have inspected the bridle for knots and snags, and the clusters seem to be fine. It has an A,B,C,D and E. A + B cascade together and C+D cascade
also while E is brake. That means I just have two sets of lines coming to my power lines
Here is a drawing I made of the kite, I'm a noob in this respect so any advice on this would be fantastic. I have contacted Pansh about this but I
have not heard back so I guess I have discovered the extent of their post sale tech support.
Houston AirHead - 1-6-2013 at 06:12 PM
its most likely you line lengths, check for knots and hang ups. it better for your brake lines to start off as too long, than too short, you can go
back and make small adjustments
zimquats - 1-6-2013 at 10:31 PM
I tried it with no brake lines at all and the problem remained the same. I thought the problem was with the AoA. Bridle checked and double checked,
there are no knots or snags.
Any other ideas?
Houston AirHead - 2-6-2013 at 08:39 AM
sorry did read , it sounds like your crossover bar isnt correct. Id recommend switching to handles.
Bladerunner - 2-6-2013 at 09:38 AM
If you get the same results flying 2 line you may have a bridle problem.
I had a 3m Blaze that acted similar . Fortunately RonH was able to retie the bridle for me.
Try shortening your A,B stack just a bit ?
zimquats - 2-6-2013 at 10:51 AM
Ive just been flying on handles so far. Adjusting the A and B seems like the way to go but I'm thinking could I also just add to the C and D. It's a
lot easier to add then to take away for testing or would that just add to the problems?
zimquats - 8-6-2013 at 06:03 PM
I increased the C+D cluster by 1.75". Success! Well sorta, It wants to over fly a bit now but I can deal with that.