Kite Strings

Tow line tension? Surely you mean 'pressure'. Whatever were you learned (:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA9Lcju5GZw

... However, Gregg and Mike B's vids show it can be done from the waist, so it doesn't appear to be that critical. Actually Zack it does make a difference as can clearly be seen from Mike B's video. The top line is in contact with the base bar almost from the off and it is straining against it righ...

It's not HIGH tension that tends to get planes - virtually always gliders - killed. It's MISALIGNED tension - and you can't defend against misaligned tension with a weak link because a hundred and fifty pounds of it can kill you just as dead as five hundred. This hugely preeminent statement deserve...

Well, I can recall a time when having a weaklink was very useful for me, here. If you come off the cart early and hit the ground, you'd like the tow rope to break so that you are not pulled along the ground anymore than necessary. And other examples.... Of course, there are always exceptions. Somet...

What is the problem with a weak-link in the tow line? I've read several times now comments such as "We don't use weak-links in the towline any more". Why? Tow line ..... weak-link .... flappy stuff & other gear ...release If the weak-link is out in front of the glider you get at least ...

Can you contact this guy? .... ...It would also be fun to know what he's using in the way of a release. Koch? A bit more info. The release was a Koch type. Quote pilot. The weak link broke as I was about to release. Taking a hand off the bar at that angle is psychologically difficult to do. On a pr...

Jim Rooney - 2011/03/25 02:16:52 UTC I would never tow anyone for their first tow on a topless. I've been asked a number of times and all I can think is WTF???? Are you NUTS?! You're going to go do something that you have no experience doing AND try to do it with the most difficult equipment availa...

There are several flavours of the 'Koch type' but the genuine Koch is by far the best engineered I've seen. You could swing several bodies from one and it would release with minimal effort. There are good clones and sh*t rig ones. I use a clone that is even more clunky chunky than the real thing, bu...

I can't see how a (fast) trim would make a tuck anymore likely assuming the glider is flying and within the trim range of the few inches we are talking about. If it's eight inches like in the Bart Bridle article Stage One and on a fixed line pulling at an increasingly steep angle... Still thinking ...