Kukident - 3-1-2010 at 09:21 AM
I broke my brandnew HQ Rush III (model 200) after 1 hour of flying in 17-18 knots. It crashed about 6 or 7 times, and not even hard...
The tubes (or however theyre called) are destroyed/torn from back to front.
Is the gear so extremely fragile, or am i not supposed to even let this kite touch the ground in middle of the wind-window?
Ps, i’m a moderate skilled kitesurfer, so i know what i’m doing. Just bought this thing for the winter days.
I’m just wondering if i should bring it back to the store, or just don’t be a baby (that shouldnt have bought the cheapest powerkite around) and get
myself some spinnaker tape.
Thanks in advance.
bobalooie57 - 3-1-2010 at 09:34 AM
Wasn't there recently a few of these that the internal vents were not hot cut, therefore splitting inside? I think maybe snobdr had repaired one or
two? Sounds like this one may have had multiple failure?
Maven454 - 3-1-2010 at 09:36 AM
Definitely contact HQ.
Kukident - 3-1-2010 at 09:40 AM
I'm not sure if a hotcut is a hole in the middle of the tubes? They're here...
Anyway the tubes are 'split' along the arrows.
And Maven, I'm going to contact them, but I kinda hoped that this issue was easy to repair by myself.
acampbell - 3-1-2010 at 09:48 AM
Yes talk to your dealer. I am surprised at this. My Beamer IV 3m has been pounded into the ground leading edge first at full speed many time in the
hands of new fliers and never burst a cell when I would have expected it to. HQ posts the wind range at 6- 29 mph for that Rush. Did you hit any
object or just the ground?
Kukident - 3-1-2010 at 10:01 AM
I was on a clean beach (with fine sand) without any objects around, and i was flying with 17 knots straight, gusts of 20 knots max. This kite should
be resistant to 26 knots, like the packaging says.
acampbell - 3-1-2010 at 10:12 AM
Spinnaker tape should do it if you clean the fabric first with alcohol wipes. KiteFix FiberFix would be stronger but maybe heavy for that small a
kite.
Kukident - 3-1-2010 at 10:35 AM
Ok thanks, didn't know about the alcohol.
cheezycheese - 3-1-2010 at 12:10 PM
dont try to repair it. call HQ first, if you try to repair it yourself you will void whatever warranty they might offer. i had the exact same problem
with my BeamerIV 1.4. the internal ribbing had ripped from top to bottom. at first i thought that i had brought it down hard, but my friends said it
never slammed. in any event a 5min phone call got me a brand new kite....
cheezycheese - 3-1-2010 at 12:14 PM
more specifically i spoke to Craig at HQ-USA (phone# on their website/VA office). i explained what happened and sent in the kite only. two days later
presto chango a new kite at my doorstep....
check my thread below..
http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=10971&p...