dangerdemon
Posts: 1
Registered: 8-7-2014
Member Is Offline
|
|
How can I rig my control bar?
Hi guys, I've been kiting for years with four line handles but stopped for a while. I got my kite back and decided to learn again with a control bar.
I hope the picture attached successfully, if not: The bar has two lengths of rope each side as usual and one up the middle. One end has a pulley with
cord which I suppose attaches to the brake lines (but most the diagrams and pictures on the net look much different) and on the other side it has what
looks like a key which we had in the old days for corned beef tins.
I have a safety leash with a loop on the end and a harness with another pulley. How can I set all this rigging?
I appologise if my explanation is complicated and thanks in advance!
|
|
|
MeatÐriver
Posts: 345
Registered: 2-26-2013
Location: portland, Oregon
Member Is Offline
Mood: Needs more DP.
|
|
Green bar lead to right side power line. Red bar lead to left side power line. Connect the brake lines to each side of the small black line,
orientation doesn't matter here. I assume the "key" get threaded through the bungee on the leash on opposite end from the wrist cuff. FLY!
During flight the big stopper ball will/should rest against the bar. If you get out of shape and ditch the bar, it will slide up the middle line to
the little stopper ball.
Not certain what the pulley attached to the leash would be for though.
Frenzy 9m, 13m Ultralite
AccessXT 6, 8m
R3 10.8m
Slingshot 6, 10m
GI Flight 93
Libre VMax-II
US728
|
|
|
RedSky
Posts: 1684
Registered: 9-7-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
I'd say the 'key' is part of an old push away quick release. It may pass through a small loop of rope on the end of a chicken loop. Something similar
to this.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/perspective/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
