djsiryn - 14-7-2015 at 06:53 PM
So My new PL 19m Venom 2 came in today. I got it for 102 bucks..... Was charged 108 in shipping! I opened it up and now I have a small beach in my
living room! Sand poured out from everywhere and little bits of seaweed too. It was wrapped up with the spars still attached and I found chunks of tar
on it as well! Some of the previous sail repairs are coming undone and it has 5 blown out cells! The spars are seized up and I don't know how to get
them to come apart and collapse without trying to force them apart, but I don't want to damage them at the same time. It seemed the previous owner
must have buried this kite in a sand dune at high tide before shipping it to me! The tips where the leader lines attach seem to have been glued by
something at some point and the webbing is starting to come undone......SMH.... Is this kite a loss or is it still worth sending off to have
professionally fixed ( basically restored at this point)....UGH!!!:bisou: I don't get how you can treat your gear like that. I always take my kites
back home and take them out and rinse, clean and inspect them before they dry and I pack them back up, especially if I was out at the beach!
soliver - 14-7-2015 at 07:27 PM
Bummer!... it may take some patience, but I say restore him!!! I hear nothing but good about the Venom line... I can't speak to the blown cells, but I
know you can buy replacement spars.
PHREERIDER - 14-7-2015 at 08:03 PM
now too $$$ to ship to fix now......phix now will require your TIME.
you can always get more $....that is not the case with time.
everything reqwyired to phix unit is in your home , you only need 3 items.
needle
phloss
?
djsiryn - 14-7-2015 at 08:16 PM
LOL! WUT? I'm comfewsed....
djsiryn - 25-7-2015 at 05:05 PM
Here are some pics of my Venom 2 today. I finally had time to get it out and air it up to see what all was wrong with it. I pulled 6 full cups of sand
out of it and some shells!:o It seems to have one professional repair along the trailing edge and a patched part up top that is coming off that I will
get fixed. I did not see any blown cells but I honestly don't know how to tell on this kite. The only thing I am going to need is a new set of compact
sticks, mine are seized together. I saw online they were like 90 bucks....is that for a set of them or for a single stick?!:o I think it's worthy of a
flight as it sits, so I think I might get it out tomorrow if I can, the winds are "supposed" to be 10 to 15mph, I hope that's good enough for a test
flight. It's a little faded and beat up (came form a kite school in Malibu) but I think it'll work. I think I got the kite equivalent of a teenagers
first car....... LOL! But for 102 bucks... not bad I think.
Bladerunner - 26-7-2015 at 04:13 PM
Wax the zippers !
My arc from Hawaii has 2 out of 3 stuck now.
djsiryn - 26-7-2015 at 08:52 PM
What kind of wax should I use? They work right now but they are a bit rough.
djsiryn - 26-7-2015 at 08:54 PM
I got out today and gave it it's first flight and now I am completely sold on PL kites! Winds were about 8 to 10 and it was amazing and stable! One
blown out cell I am having fixed and 2 glued patches to have professionally done and she will be one hell of a kite!