Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 07:01:06 -1000 From: mhenderson@mayo.edu Message-Id: <35k97n$otl@fermat.mayo.edu> Organization: Mayo Foundation Subject: 2 line kites into 1 line? I have a 9 foot 2 line delta stunt kite that I'd like to bridel for 1 line....is it possible to do this and have the kite fly with some stability? My plan was to try this first before buying another kite just for my camera. If I can make a bridel that will work with one line, it might just have enough lift for a camera...any ideas? Mark Henderson mhenderson@mayo.edu = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 08:50:44 -1000 From: zpmobley@trident.tec.sc.us Message-Id: <35kmi4$dih@ns.sunbelt.net> Organization: Trident Technical College Subject: Re: 2 line kites into 1 line? In article <35k97n$otl@fermat.mayo.edu>, mhenderson@mayo.edu writes: > >I have a 9 foot 2 line delta stunt kite that I'd like to bridel for 1 > >line....is it possible to do this and have the kite fly with some stability? My > Try a keel...a big one run down the center of the kite front to rear, with a triangular shape, shorter at the front than the rear so that the bridal points will be around one third of the kite length from the front....run grommets from the lowermost vertex of the keeo up the front of the keel (2 or 3) for bridal adjustment. hope that helps...I myself have found it to work nicely on any size delta. ________________________________________________________________________________ Thomas C. Mobley Trident Technical College POB 118067 Charleston SC 2943-8067 ZPMOBLEY@TRIDENT.TEC.SC.US The above well reasoned and insightful opinion is my own, and not the opinion of Trident Technical College. Anyone who says different is itching for a fight. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 23:36:45 -1000 From: gaffer@ibmpcug.co.uk (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organiszation Subject: Re: 2 line kites into 1 line? In article <35k97n$otl@fermat.mayo.edu>, wrote: >I have a 9 foot 2 line delta stunt kite that I'd like to bridel for 1 >line....is it possible to do this and have the kite fly with some stability? >plan was to try this first before buying another kite just for my camera. If >I can make a bridel that will work with one line, it might just have >enough lift for a camera...any ideas? Everything in the design of your stunt delta that makes it manoeverable will make it unstable as a single-liner. I doubt that you'll have much success. Also, you'll find that the pull you get when flying drops pretty low when it hangs at the top of the window. You'll probably need more drag to increase tension. I'd look at a completely different kite of I were you... Andrew -- The Kite FAQs are at ftp.hawaii.edu:/pub/rec/kites/faq/* = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =