I was having trouble with setting up my first depower kite.. 7.1 adv offroad.
It feels like center line (brake?) is too long for me to hold on bar with harness.
There are bunch of parts that seller put in and I just want to check to be sure I am using them correctly. Image is on the way but if anyone have a
useful link on system like Adv Offroad 7.1 let me know! Thanks
My English sucks.... sorry =/indigo_wolf - 27-7-2013 at 05:17 PM
A little, thanks. So on the page 5, I attach number 1 (harness line) to my harness spreadbar, running harness line through quickrelease loop? Heres
the image of parts I got. Not sure how to use part next to harness line. http://imageshack.us/f/560/3hoa.jpg/indigo_wolf - 27-7-2013 at 07:16 PM
So on the page 5, I attach number 1 (harness line) to my harness spreadbar, running harness line through quickrelease loop?
Yes, that seems to be what's done in the left hand picture on page 6.
Caveat/Disclaimer: I have never flown and Advance Offroad before. Pretty sure they predate my entry into kiting. So basically, the
only help I can offer is in assisting with interpreting the manual.
It looks like the Offroad could be flown on the depower bar or control handles.
Page 4-5 is dedicated to converting from handles to depower bar.
Page 8-9 is dedicated to converting from depower bar to handles.
When the kite was shipped to you, was it set up for the depower bar or handles? If the former, you should be able to disregard the pages listed above
for now.
Your focus should be on pages 6-7 which is the general layout for the depower bar and how to adjust it.
In the picture you linked to , here is what you seem to have:
Top/First Row: Wrist leash.
Bottom/Second Row (left to right): D-Loop
Chicken Loop
Chicken Loop Lock/Donkey Dick
Quick Release
Heres the image of parts I got. Not sure how to use part next to harness line.
I don't believe the Chicken Loop or Chicken Loop Lock were part of the original package and were included, in case you wanted to modernize the safety
system so that it's more in line with current setups.
Hope that helps.
ATB,
Samhellnferno - 27-7-2013 at 11:08 PM
probably have to remove white rope with red safe release, dont know what it is to properly fit length to my harness. indigo_wolf - 28-7-2013 at 10:20 AM
probably have to remove white rope with red safe release, dont know what it is to properly fit length to my harness.
It looks like that kite was set up to work with the chicken loop prior to being shipped and the original quick release was included for the sake of
keeping the OEM package intact.
I can't identify the chicken loop brand from the picture, but it looks like it came with a chicken loop, chicken loop quick release (red), chicken
loop lock, and a beal line.
The beal line is the white line that is attached to chicken loop quick release (red). The original beal line is the blue line with the black and
white stopper balls at either end.
The stopper balls control the amount of "throw"/range that you can move the depower bar along the beal line and also prevent the beal line from
jamming into the pass through hole on the bar at either the nylon webbing of the trim strap or the knot that connects the beal line to the chicken
loop quick release.
The long and the short of it is, that you current have two beal lines attached to each other and that's why you have the "center line (brake?) is
too long for me to hold on bar with harness" scenario.
So you have a couple of options:
Use the blue beal line that originally came with the kite. This will mean removing the white beal line that came with the
chicken loop and properly attaching the blue one to the chicken loop quick release.
Use the white beal line that came with the chicken loop. This will mean moving the stopper balls to the white line and proprely attach the
white line to the trim strap.
If you are using the chicken loop, you should not need the D-loop that originally came with the kite, which is a good thing as it does not seem to
have a quick release on it.
I can't find documentation on removing the beal line from that trim strap on the Offroad, so option #1 might be the easier route.
Can you identify the chicken loop manufacturer? If you can, I can try to dig up the documentation for it.
