Does anyone know if it possible to replace a bridle with pulleys to a stagnant bridle?
"stagnant bridle" - is that a desirable disease??
Ok - what exactly are you trying to achieve??
yeh, you sell your kite and buy an ozone, generally you kite will be designed to work with pulleys or no pulleys,personally i wouldnt bother due to cost of someone making them then the likelyhood of it not working, unless anyone here has done it, interested to see how it goes, ive done a bit of experimenting with my kites making them even better in gusty conditions changing pigtails and bridle attatchments on the le
Select to expand quoteandythekiter said..
Does anyone know if it possible to replace a bridle with pulleys to a stagnant bridle?
I think Rob Douglas did it with his speed kite, but then he wants to ride at specific angle to the wind all the time.
I can't tie knots so rely on the 'tie lots' theory, I guess it wouldn't be hard to change your bridle to a fixed system if you get the knots and line lengths right but I would question whether you run the risk of losing flight performance or increase the risk of tearing something? Maybe you could use a couple of small cable ties or something to fix the pulleys and see how it flies before going to the time and expense of a more permanent change?
Yes it's poss I do it all the time but it depends on the kite and how many pulleys,there are advantages and disadvantages of pulley and pulley less,what type of kite is it and is it single pulley each side or is it multiple pulley.
I was thinking about trying to do it on a naish park 2013. The kite has one pulley on each bridle.
I wouldn't bother, they aren't made with pulleys so no need to add any. You won't really gain anything.
Select to expand quoteandythekiter said..
I was thinking about trying to do it on a naish park 2013. The kite has one pulley on each bridle.
Ok no problem to do but why do you want to do it,what do you think you would like to gain,park is a fast turning kite with good range by making it pulley less you will decrease the top end of the kite and make it a bit more brutal in the loops.
Rather than screw up a relatively new kite, why not wait and trade it in against a 2014 Park, word is the 2014 Parks are pulley free.
