On my bar i am not sure where to put my safety leash so that when i do a back roll(nearly landing them!!
)it wont tangle up.
On every position i can think of as soon as you roll it would tangle and hence so far i have not had that safety leash attched at all.
Any advice would be great.
put it at the plastic trim line just above the chicken loop. This is what in the old days you call a suicide leash. The kite depowers enough so this position is relatively safe in the wind range for your kite
clip it on to the line just above the chicken loop. i think there is a sliding red plastic collar, and the leash clip goes above it
Obviously riding without your safety leash on is a real bright move..................
The guys are right of course and when you brought the kite you should have been told?
As for twisting round the chicken loop ever thought about back rolling the other way to untangle it ?Which will teach you how to loop both ways.................
As the flagging ring on the back line is the safest place to flag the kite on if you are only learning.
I think the SB1 had a leash attachment on the front lines as the SB1 had a pulley bar.
kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2327281&highlight=leash
The SB2 powerdrive 121 system is shown here.
you can attach your leash to the Flagging ring OR Leash Interface Ball. I usually attach mine on the de-power line between the chicken loop and the ball when I'm riding and on the flagging ring when I'm launching or landing.
Also, if your override 2 is clicked in place and your leash is set up at the leash interface ball, unless the override is set loose or disengaged the kite won't depower if you operate your safety release. I always test my override each time I go out or ride with it disengaged if I'm about to do a big trick or in heavy surf.
Landing and launching clipping in to the flagging ring is so important, because so many screw ups happen on launch and land, and there is hard stuff all around.
The safety systems have changed from SB1 to SB2 but have stayed the same for SB2 and the SB3.
I ride 99% of the time with the leash attached to the plastic depower line, below the red sliding ball. The red ball protects the anodised bar middle from being scratched by the metal snap hook on the leash.
In this configuration the leash is used as a backup for the donkey dick. It is easy to get accidentally unhooked if you pull the bar in too far. I sometimes even ride unhooked. :) You can spin and twist all you want in this configuration but you need to be able to work two quick releases to get rid of the kite if you need to (1 chicken loop + 1 leash)
If things are insane I will hook the leash into the rear flagging line. Usually this is for insanely strong and gusty winds and beaches with not a lot of space downwind. I am usually just out the survive and do big air and bash waves and not do any loops or spins.
At some beaches I will launch with the rear flagging line attached then transfer to the suicide position once well out from the beach.
All good info, thanks.
Thanks esp. to Sunseeker for reminding me to have a stopper on the flagging line. Just went to the shed and did it to the 12m beast. I have been lazy and not done the stopper ball thingy and getting away with it, but it is stupid as I have been real greatful to have the stopper ball in place on my other kites when things go wrong......stopper on the safety line should really come standard from the seller.
I never engage the override at all, and if so, then only when fully depowered and sitting on the beach....better for my arms I recon not to ride on the knot. The design here can be improved that for sure, but the SB3 flys real sweet and sooooooooo much grunt for such a little thing....love it, let there be wind.
dave...... said...
On the cabrinhas you are flagging a front line not a back line....
It should be ^^^^^^ but
You obviously don't fly switchblades buddy
Not since the CB2 and SB1...... I prefer the safety and ease of use of hybrid kites with a 5th line. I have seen too many times a bridle get tangled on 4 line Bows and the thing death loops. This always seems to happen when the rider has used a kite way too big for the wind conditions. As an ex-iko accredited instructor I wanted to teach with the safest equipment possible.Still love my CB1 7m when its nuking
Hi Ian, you need to buy a stopper ball from a shop which is a ball that screws together over the line. It stops the bar from travelling all the way up to the kite when flag to one line.
You need to set it up far enough up the line so that the kite flags which is theoretically the length of your kite from one wingtip to the other. Start off there and then test it out on the beach in lighter winds.
I think this is right - if anyone knows differently then let me know.
Hey THANKYOU SO MUCH to all the crew who took time to reply. I have printed the entire thing out and am doing all the things you have suggested.
Happy kiting to all and cheers again!!!!
