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don't trust any chicken loop quick release.
my favorite QR is LET GO OF THE BAR GRAB CL WITH BOTH HANDS YANK THE BEOTCH OFF LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. CLQR's are a product of LAWYERS! :idea: L8r |
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here you go RickI:
The best quick release rigged BACKWARDS (in death mode). Rigged, doesn't look all that bad. Under load, head of pin gets wedged making it impossible to pull. |
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Catch 22 - QR's can be unreliable, then again so is NOT using a QR.
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Thanks for posting this Tom!
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the 2006 cabby QR's seem to be foolproof, You have seen those Rick?
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The new best quick release is foolproof also, it has the pin on the side of the chicken loop. The "grenade" swivel bar still has the death trap on it.
I agree with Rick, there is no way, zero, not possible, chance that i could have unhooked, because I tried. I remember briefly reaching down with two hands to feel that chicken loop pulled tight. It felt as solid as steel. No way I could have budged it even a centimeter or lifted my weight (times the amount of force pulling me) with two hands at my crotch. The only reason pulling only the chicken loop normally works while standing on the beach is because the kite depowers when you pull the chicken loop. If the kite is already fully depowered (bar out) and you are still overpowered enough to be dragged and lofted, you are not going to dump any power by pulling on the chicken loop to unhook. It's already too late... add the factor of hanging from it with all of your weight and/or being dragged face first across the concrete and the chances of success are almost zero. I would never suggest someone ride without a safety. You say the safety is a product of lawyers. Lawsuits are a product of injuries and fatalities. Bayflite, bro, you're too cool to be taken out by bar without a QR. Get that thing fixed before mother nature proves you wrong. You can still be right with a QR, but if you're wrong without one you're in trouble. |
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Hello E-Bone, There haven't been a ton of flat kite incidents that I have heard about to date. You think one of your bridle lines caught (and stayed caught?) on one of those neophrene scuff pads on the leading edge of your Waroo? Do you think configuring for a solo launch with the flat kite contributed to this? I solo launch a lot myself. The wind was about 25 to 30 mph or knots? Did the kite launch and fire across the sky in a rapid arc? Did it then hit and relaunch again or did you hit your QR before the kite struck the ground? Congratulations on reacting quickly and well.
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I probably have a couple of them but have limited time on them. Have you released them under load yet? I made a suggestion to the industry years back about labeling QR with release tensions and reliability data (related to corrosion and weathering). Nothing like this yet, soon?
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its impossible for it not to release under load once the rubber retainer is beyond the loop/ metal hook since there is nothing holding it together at that point.
If you ask me, I think it is almost too easy to release but it has never released accidentaly on me |
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