Eolo-Radsail Pro 2 Kites - questions?

[aquatix]

Hope someone can help (and hope even more that its not a daft question!)

 

I've been flying a Radsail Pro II 5m which has proved great for buggying and sits perfectly at the zenith with zero pull when you need a break. I always attach the control lines to the 4" piece of thick cord which serves to tidy the bridle lines to the sail when packing.

 

Really liked it so got a 6m as well and flew it for the first time today. Line lengths were equal and attached as usual but kite will not sit at zenith - it overfly's then collapses and crumples up. It also seemed really slow to turn (I expected a bit slower anyway) and unresponsive to brake input.

 

Question is: should I be removing the piece of thick cord from the front bridle lines or should I simply tighten the brake lines?

 

Wind was a bit 'orrible, gusty & swirly today, knocking quite a few kites down, but the 5m was fine - the 6m ended up dropping in a big pool of water (the only one on the beach!) and getting full of wet sand and saltwater. I can't even shift it from the closed cells with a hose!!!

 

Would appreciate any tips from anyone who flys these kites - plus should I use shorter lines (perhaps 20m)?

 

Cheers.

[aquatix]

Still hoping for some advice.......................................................????????????????

[kieranbennett]

I found the brake lines on my 6m were far too long. I have found that there is a long leader line at the kite end of the brake lines which you can use to help pull in some slack, as well as the leaders at the handle end.

 

I must have shortened my brakes by a good foot an a half. But it now flys perfectly. It seems to fly better with a bit of brake on otherwise it will overfly at the zenith. It should also sort the turning speed issue, mine turns reasonably for a 6m

[Frakke1599968664]

just to add my 10c worth to this.... as you can see I have a 4.0m PRO and 2 x PRO2 3.0m radsails. When I got the 4.0m It was almost perfect R2F straight from the box...

The first of the 3.0m was a bit more sloppy and the last one was terrible. Since then I have helped a few newbies with both 3.0m and 4.0m radsails and found that there has been a general deterioration of build quality of the bridling of these kites. The brake lines tend to be far too long and require shed loads taking off - as stated up to a foot and a half !!! - to get them to fly in a responsive fashion... but this may not be the lines just the size (or amount of sloppiness) in the bridling

Frakke

[aquatix]

Cheers for the tips! I will try shortening the brakes, but I thought Andy Preston had sorted these glitches with the new Pro 2 models? Shame coz my 5m was brilliant straight outa the bag.

 

Does anyone have a bridle diagram showing the correct lengths? This would really help sort things out to save valuable fun time at the weekend!