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11-16-2007, 09:41 AM
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No I wasn't, but I coulda' been on the 9m easly.
no one wanted to go the extra 4 min to the other side, even lori bailed on me. And I'm not gonna land a bow kite alone ( launching is fine ). I guess its back to c kites from now on during solo missions. luckily I kept a 12m nitro which works great for that!
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11-16-2007, 09:53 AM
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i find bows much easier to self land..
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11-16-2007, 10:03 AM
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scott has the trick to self landing a bow even in 35Knots...
you just have to modify your bar to allow you to leash to a front line.... although im not sure it it will work with a cab bar.....
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11-16-2007, 05:41 PM
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Was the tide low enough early to rig at South SW?
It was decent wind at N SW, nothing special. Of course it died at 10am, it always does. I'd lay money on that one nearly every time.  In terms of self landing. That mod on my Ozone got incorporated into this year's Ozone kites. The Ozone seems to self land no problemo in up to 30. The new waroo 9m and 7m kites are so light, that I am not confident they would stay put after a self landing. The Ozones are much more beefy and heavy kites, especially near the LE.
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11-16-2007, 07:51 PM
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Big R- Can you share your technique for self launching a bow? I tried the traditional sandbag method (C-kite) a few times with less than desirable results. I have seen people hooking the CL to something and balancing the kite on the edge of the window, but that seems very sketchy.
Drift launch is (by far) the safest method, in my opinion, and the easiest/most convenient launch at tight places like the South Side Skyway. I got tired of lugging everything out to the sandbar, so now I just rig in the parking lot and drift launch about 100 yards from shore.
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