aldoushoffman - 11-4-2008 at 10:59 PM
So when my friend clipped a tree with my Profoil yesterday he ran to go and get it out and basically all of the lines (due to poor line management
techniques) got tangled. So he took the right brake line home and got it untangled because it was the one that was too rat nested to get finished in
the field. Today I noticed for some reason it tended to drop to one side and after when I went to wrap up the lines I noticed that the right brake
line is about 1-1.5in shorter than the left brake line. I checked the line, no knots, the only thing I can come up with is its either been twisted to
the point over 25m its shrunk or the fibers have loosened up and now its shorter...anyway anyone else have issues with this? Its a nice set of HQ 25m
and they're not cheap. Any ideas on how to rectify this or how it might of occurred?
stevep - 12-4-2008 at 07:31 AM
can you untie the line and make them all the same size or are they sewn loops.....the that is longer is probally stretch and the other hasnt
Bladerunner - 12-4-2008 at 07:53 AM
Sounds like it stretched. Maybe with the original force hitting the tree. Brakes have a lower lb. rating so will stretch that bit easier.
If you have to shorten it and the sleeves are sewn you can pick up sleeve kits at most kite shops. If no kites shops, check a sewing shop.
Another option is to take the buddy that caused you all this problem and drop him from that tree with the other brake attached to his :moon: to
stretch it to length!:wink2:
KYTE SLINGER - 12-4-2008 at 08:02 AM
or tie an knot in the break leader to tune in your lines
aldoushoffman - 12-4-2008 at 09:04 AM
they are sewn loops...the one that is shorter however would of been the one that impacted with the tree so I dont know how the other one would of
become longer...my theory is the shorter one became shorter and the other one is the length its supposed to be. is there anyway I could just stretch
it back to its original size?
DAKITEZ - 12-4-2008 at 10:43 AM
take kyte slingers advise its good as gold 
I personally would use bladerunners advise about your buddy and the tree 
USA_Eli_A - 12-4-2008 at 10:53 AM
yup, just stretch the shorter line, beware, you might have broke a linear core in the line that's longer. If the longer line keeps stretching you
might need to replace it...
good luck, send it to me and I'll fix it for ya
SCREWYFITS - 13-4-2008 at 05:11 AM
Any possibility your buddy couldn't get it untangled and replaced with a new line? That could explain it being shorter.
I couldn't imagine how your line would get shorter... maybe it got wet :puzzled: Did he put in in the washer on hot cycle (shrink to fit) I know... give him the longer line and tell him to do the same with that one
All kidd'n aside... I'd agree with Kite Slinger and make the adjustment to your leaders.
acampbell - 13-4-2008 at 09:56 AM
That is pretty unusual. Kite lines don't contract, so one of them got stretched. They are quallity pre-stretched lines, so there was clearly a lot
of stress applied during the mis-hap.
I would go with kyte-slinger's suggestion and tie a knot 1 1/2" up one of the brake leaders coming off your handles and cinch the longer line to that.
aldoushoffman - 13-4-2008 at 07:24 PM
Thanks yeah I played around with some adjusting yesterday (which was difficult cause the wind was irregular as hell) and at first it only got worse
till i realized I was shortening the shorter line...then when I did it to the other side it seems to be operating better. Just kind of a bummer cause
the sets are less than two weeks old and they already are different lengths.
Its odd I don't think the impact with the tree would of caused it cause the right brake(the one that came in contact with the tree) is the shorter
one. It seems to be responding better now though.
torisspacedog - 18-4-2008 at 01:42 AM
If the lines are that new the longer line has just streched more than the short one. You could just stretch the short one to match Or since your
flying on handles Your gonna have a hard time noticing it anyway. So just keep flying it will eventually stretch out on its own.