| What you should see here (if you installed ShockWave correctly), are three small interactive screens. I try to give some hints in tuning a kit. You should allways fly the kite after every little change. Try different settings until the kite is adjusted to suit you. Look also at my Basics Just click inside the ShockWave window to start the animation. |
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| Symptoms | ||
| 1 | The kite doesn't want to climb very high, even in stronger winds. -> |
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| 2 | The kite makes tighter turns than it should. -> |
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| 3 | The kite makes wide, unprecise turns when you fly the kite down. You will feel an
escape of pull on the lines. -> |
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| 4 | The kite makes unequal turns. The turns to one side are closer than the turns to
the opposite side. -> |
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| 5 | The wind gets stronger. -> |
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| 6 | The wind gets lighter. -> |
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| 7 | The kite doesn't want to climb and immediatly turns to one side or stalls. -> |
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| 8 | The kite climbs high, stalls and flutters down. -> |
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| The kite doesn't want to climb very high, even in stronger winds. The kite makes tighter turns than it should. The fix |
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| The kite makes wide, unprecise turns when you fly the kite down. You will feel an
escape of pull on the lines. The fix |
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| The kite makes unequal turns. The turns to one side are closer than the turns to
the opposite side. The fix |
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| Fixes |
| Adjust the clips towards the base (HEAVIER or BACKWARD). | |
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| Adjust the clips towards the nose (LIGHTER or FORWARD). | |
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| Adjust both clips equal. | |
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Copyright 1995/96/97 by Detlef Beyer