Would anyone happen to have any suggestions as to what control bar would work good with a 5m Crossfire II? Bladerunner - 16-9-2016 at 06:22 PM
Why do you want to fly a Crossfire on a bar at all?
Your kite is designed to be flown on handles. Going to a bar will dramatically dumb down the kite. Basically turning it into a 2 line. abkayak - 16-9-2016 at 06:34 PM
Yea...stay w/ the handles unless your just being weirdbigkid - 16-9-2016 at 06:45 PM
Yea...stay w/ the handles unless your just being weird
oh wait, that's his name. Sorry, it still cracked me up.
Don't do the bar thing, it's a handles kite.Bladerunner - 16-9-2016 at 06:56 PM
I spent a lot of time and a bit of money trying to make my FB kites fly on a bar. Even though folks on here were advising me otherwise I built
crossover bars. I thought I liked being hooked in with a bar more + flying 1 handed. I thought my 5m Ace flew pretty good on the bar until one night
when I was inland flying in marginal winds. Out of desperation I switched from my bar to handles and it made ALL the difference. I was able to work
out a ride that night and never put the bar back on. I learned to fly hooked in to a strop and to fly FB one handed once my pilot skills improved.
The time I spent trying to make bars work would have been MUCH better spent becoming a better pilot! ! I didn't realise it at the time but was hoping
the crossover bar would make up for my lack of skills.
Your money for a bar could be better spent Like on a helmet! adambweird - 17-9-2016 at 04:45 PM
I was thinking of getting one for landboarding and kite snowboarding, but after the forums wise input and some research into why the forums input was
as such, i understand now why it was a silly question to ask, lol. Im still quite new to all of this and theres much i dont know yet, lol. Bladerunner - 18-9-2016 at 10:16 AM
I don't think it was a stupid idea.
What was stupid was ME not listening to folks on here. I could have progressed faster if I had just stuck with handles.
I do prefer are bar still for riding stand up. I pretty much exclusively use my depower kites for that .
You need to accept that no single kite will do it all. Your 5m FB will take you a long way in learning but you will eventually need to build a quiver
of kites. If stand up riding is your goal I suggest you start saving for a depower kite. John Holgate - 18-9-2016 at 02:31 PM
I flew all my fixed bridles on an Ozone Turbo bar for years and there was never anything that I needed to do with the kite that I couldn't do with the
turbo bar. Having said that, not all kites get on well with the turbo bar - I've flown some that were horrible on it. While I've never put a
Crossfire on the turbo bar, from this video it would seem to fly pretty good.
oh wait, that's his name. Sorry, it still cracked me up.