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murraybeetle
Since 23 Jan 2006
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portland
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 Sun Feb 12, 06 1:11 am help for wipika |
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hi all just got a 14m wipika airblast and i was just wondering what the pulleys are for on the main line as the rest off my kite dont have it
any halp would be usefull
thanks
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blade 4.9 lll
wipika 8.5
wipika 14m
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X 133 all terain board
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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Couve / Hood
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| Sun Feb 12, 06 5:08 am |
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| I think those are for a reverse relaunch system that never really worked too well, so you might as well just get rid of em and rig it regular style. |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
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| Sun Feb 12, 06 11:01 am |
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Not sure why they would be on the bar/lines, unless you've got a pulley bar, but if you are indeed talking about pulleys on the kite...
As Phil said, they don't really work to well for relaunch. We took them (along with the bridle) off of JP's first Wipi 8.4 Airblast, and back then (this is in like '02/03), it did help improve the kite's turning speed. Even if you weren't looking at any "performance" increase, I'd still remove them, just so you don't have to deal with bridles.  |
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pacifichigh
Since 11 May 2005
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ATX
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J.P.
Since 10 Mar 2005
638 Posts
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| Tue Feb 14, 06 10:44 am Re: help for wipika |
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| murraybeetle wrote: | hi all just got a 14m wipika airblast and i was just wondering what the pulleys are for on the main line as the rest off my kite dont have it
any halp would be usefull
thanks |
Wipia's used to have a mini-bridal that made their kites turn faster however it removed the little bar pressure and feel that the Airblast's have.
I flew Air-blast's back in 2002 and removed the bridals after playing them for a while and determining that a little bar pressure and "feel' was a good thing.
I too recently picked up an old un-used AB 8.4 and cut the pulleys off when I set it up for my fifth element bar.
The 8.4 AB is one of my all time favorite kites and I was pleasantly surprised to feel how MUCH the 5th element improved it’s performance and feel. |
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