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Small C Kites- Too twitchy for Unhooked

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Created by kungfupete > 9 months ago, 11 Dec 2015
snapback
68 posts
16 Dec 2015 7:40PM
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how did you undo the ends of the bar?

Underoath
QLD, 2433 posts
16 Dec 2015 9:49PM
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snapback said...
how did you undo the ends of the bar?


Run a bread knife under outer plastic layer. Then place in hot water, the rubber becomes flexable.

Pull the plastic back. The drill out the rivit on each end.

When I put the bar back together, I added an additional two rivits.

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
16 Dec 2015 8:03PM
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You can pull the plastic back by just using a phillips head screw driver underneath and wedging it off. Leave it half wedged off and the once you've put the ends back on slide the plastic back over, it will look like it's stretched, but in about 2mins it will be back to normal again.

Capt Loopy
NSW, 276 posts
16 Dec 2015 11:21PM
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Here's mine




I went with a 16 inch set up and still finding it to twitchy.
Best bet whould be 14 inch me thinks

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
16 Dec 2015 8:56PM
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I use 14' on all sizes.

Drury
NSW, 502 posts
17 Dec 2015 8:17AM
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sir ROWDY said..
I use 14' on all sizes.


And we now have tennis elbow on all arms

Drury
NSW, 502 posts
17 Dec 2015 8:17AM
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P.S. this is one of the least lame seabreeze threads I've seen...

MannyBlanch
QLD, 138 posts
17 Dec 2015 9:00AM
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I use this bar for my 7m and it is perfect for it.



Drury
NSW, 502 posts
17 Dec 2015 11:05AM
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Did you manage to cut that one down or is it just a 45 Manny?

MannyBlanch
QLD, 138 posts
17 Dec 2015 10:24AM
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Yeah Elliot, I cut it down to 38cm for the actual length of the bar and between the lines is 32cm.



sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
17 Dec 2015 8:35AM
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Drury said..

sir ROWDY said..
I use 14' on all sizes.



And we now have tennis elbow on all arms


I don't, well not from kiting. If you ride with a long chicken loop it's fine .

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
17 Dec 2015 12:04PM
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sir ROWDY said...
Drury said..

sir ROWDY said..
I use 14' on all sizes.



And we now have tennis elbow on all arms


I don't, well not from kiting. If you ride with a long chicken loop it's fine .


I actually think that's how my tennis elbow started.

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
17 Dec 2015 12:06PM
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MannyBlanch said...
Yeah Elliot, I cut it down to 38cm for the actual length of the bar and between the lines is 32cm.





Love the BCF special depower line!

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
17 Dec 2015 12:33PM
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kemp90 said..

sir ROWDY said...

Drury said..


sir ROWDY said..
I use 14' on all sizes.




And we now have tennis elbow on all arms



I don't, well not from kiting. If you ride with a long chicken loop it's fine .



I actually think that's how my tennis elbow started.


What? From wanking?

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
17 Dec 2015 5:54PM
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sir ROWDY said...
kemp90 said..

sir ROWDY said...

Drury said..


sir ROWDY said..
I use 14' on all sizes.




And we now have tennis elbow on all arms



I don't, well not from kiting. If you ride with a long chicken loop it's fine .



I actually think that's how my tennis elbow started.


What? From wanking?


This is all getting a little too weird for me. I'm out of here!

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
17 Dec 2015 4:08PM
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kemp90 said..

sir ROWDY said...

kemp90 said..


sir ROWDY said...


Drury said..



sir ROWDY said..
I use 14' on all sizes.





And we now have tennis elbow on all arms




I don't, well not from kiting. If you ride with a long chicken loop it's fine .




I actually think that's how my tennis elbow started.



What? From wanking?



This is all getting a little too weird for me. I'm out of here!


Well that's what I was talking about...

Drury
NSW, 502 posts
17 Dec 2015 9:15PM
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Kemps been training hard with this though


kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
17 Dec 2015 9:15PM
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Jesus

flemboyant
VIC, 375 posts
21 Dec 2015 8:55PM
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tbranse said..
My 9m GP is still ok to unhook on...don't have a 7m GP but yea I think it would be way too fast. I've heard the HifiX is pretty slow for size...only tried the old one but the 9 felt way slower than my GP...



True. Small Hi-Fi X are probably the slowest along with the Fuel. I think Fuel 6m is the slowest small kite I've used.


i agree rowdy. i have a 6m fuel and its suprisingly slow for how small it is. and stable!

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
28 Dec 2015 11:34AM
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I got a little bit snip happy.

Definitely the smallest bar in the world

Underoath
QLD, 2433 posts
28 Dec 2015 12:01PM
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Didn't think about trying 14 inches first?

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
28 Dec 2015 12:16PM
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Haha nah not really lol. I think I'll have to steer the kite by pulling on the lines

Kozzie
QLD, 1451 posts
28 Dec 2015 3:53PM
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Haha nah not really lol. I think I'll have to steer the kite by pulling on the lines



did someone say pulling on the lines?
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sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
28 Dec 2015 1:56PM
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hahahahaha Cam Prests bro Nath once cut a bar slightly smaller than that... not sure what it says about the person . I can understand how you did it though, I bet you measured 14 inch just from one end? Easy mistake to make. If you want to make a slightly bigger one I'm sure there's a few people on here with an old slingy bar just laying around the garage (one year they gave out just the bar as warranty, so there should be a few around).

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
28 Dec 2015 10:04PM
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Yeh I cut it. But forgot to add the extra length for the bar ends haha. Should be alright lol



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