im fairly close. i live in st. cloud. i looked on the website and was unable to find what you were talking about but that would be a great kite for me! plz post another link if you can find it!

The website prefers the word "community" over "forum", but it is in the classifieds section of the forum.

Link: 3.5m HQ Beamer - $180.00

ATB,
Sam

Angus - I looked at the manual for the HQ Scout. That crossover set-up up at the kite is pretty slick. Would be easy to make up a 'plug and play' rigging mod that you could move to any 4-line fixed bridle kite with a simple bar and then remove to fly with handles. I like that. Gonna have to try it on my PKD Brooza quiver, just for fun.
But if it comes with a D-loop with safety for the bar, they need to lose the wrist cuff and swap it for a safety that clips to your spreader bar. The Slingshot B-series are set up that way (although the kites fly like crap, IMHO)

Not too offf topic for crewx, 'cuz if you end up with an older beamer you could retro it really easy. Here's a link to the manual as a PDF file:

http://www.powerkites.de/index.php?option=com_content&vi...

krumly

Quote:

Originally posted by krumly But if it comes with a D-loop with safety for the bar, they need to lose the wrist cuff and swap it for a safety that clips to your spreader bar. The Slingshot B-series are set up that way (although the kites fly like crap, IMHO)

Will take the thread veer just a bit further West... any further trip down this road should probably be in a new thread, though.

The only reason I don't see HQ doing that is purely down to cost. It is cheaper for them to provide the wrist strap and D-Loop than something more elaborate.

Not sure how the Scout does on sales, but I get the feeling it's on the fringes of HQ's product line in some respects and they are particularly sensitive to pricing themselves out of the market.

Now, if you were to win the PKF raffle (the one where you get a shopping cart and 15 minutes to load it up with the stock from a PKF retailer's store
..... yes, tickets to the raffle would be very expensive), it would be fairly easy to do what you are talking about.

The Ozone Megatron chicken loop would probably be an easy retro-fit


Just not particulary cheap.

FWIW: I realize you could use another manufacturer's chicken loop, but the truth is the Ozone is neither at the top or bottom of the price tier and you might as well use something you like and with the beal line already attached.

Bonus points would be awarded for including a centerline trim-strap

ATB,
Sam