Well last night actually ...

"Don't unwind your Rev lines on the living room floor.
Especially, don't then wind up the right-hand front/rear set thinking you can easily sort out the left-hand set later. You can't."

I been trying to untangle those 2 lines for over 8 hours so far

Please add your own experiences :D

Spectra right?

Those line are very slick, but they also twist when not under presure. Like a garden hose when your trying to get a kink out of the middle!
I find if I fix one end to something and walk the other out untill taught, Then they untwist a lot easier. Trying to pull the end through to untangle is like trying to sit in a corner of a round room.

Take the entire rat's nest to the backyard. Stake out a majority of the endloops. Start the untangling party. If you have any mini-winders, it can help to keep the individual lines organized during the process. If you get frustrated... w a l k a w a y for a bit. Do not tug, you'll only form knots.

If you form knots, careful use of a fid, marlinspike, fine knitting needle, etc. can help. Do not get so aggressive that you start damaging the fibers.

Warn the neighbors in advance that violence is NOT occuring in your backyard.

You're only upside is that it is not micro-Spectra for an indoor kite..... that's a party to untangle.... especially with cats.

ATB,
Sam

I broke the power line of my 4.5 Century II at NABX and after we caught up with the kite the lines were a large rats nest. It took 2 of us 45 minutes to GENTLY untangle the orange and white spaghetti.
DON'T pull and DON'T hurry. Start with one end of one line and slowly work it out until it is all by itself, and then work on number 2, and so on.
A shot of Wild Turkey helps a lot, and you might try one for your self.:roll:

Finally got it sorted - another 5 hours on just 2 lines tonight
Cat was actually pretty good - only caught him chewing on a leader once.

Usually, I leave one end attached to the handles and wind onto a winder then give them a pull when they're staked and I'm ready to fly ... have had minimal issues with that seems tension is important.

Something else I learned - make sure when you're flying near trees on shore, you're flying a rental kite :D and have a good bloke who runs the shop and charges you next to nothing to fix the holes

sounds like my first week on 4 line kites... just takes time... staking the individual lines is a BIG help... extra hands dont hurt either tho

So Drew where does one get extra hands. I asked the Dr. but he said it's not like adding boobs!!

threadjack --morning funnies--

i've learned today that kiting has started to remove my 'bird chest'

/threadjack

oh and also -- i've learned that removing the easy tangles/knots around the bigger not first allows the lines to just undo themselves a bit more GL!

Good cat? LOL

One of the wild kittys around here seen my lines stretched across the yard and made a b line for it. picked it up and headed into the woods. Lucky me I was able to grab an end and when the cat went around a tree it had a nice little 180.

naw... the indention in the middle of my chest due to small muscles, LOL

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Originally posted by rocfighter So Drew where does one get extra hands. I asked the Dr. but he said it's not like adding boobs!!

the answers come from my man Jimmy!

Yeah but thats Jimmy:P

i bet he could untangle lines like a mofo!



.....watch the cobras tho

Oh man, my favorite Hendrix album. I love that cover art.