So as some of you know Ive recentlly suffered a broken ankle, which leaves me with plenty of time to think and invent.

Already made a Walking crutch that I can attach to Busted leg so I can walk and Carry stuff and Ditch the "cripple sticks"

But Also Modded my Hydra into something kinda like a depower... though not a depower, I realize .

What I did is I extended the brake line with Dyneema line about 2.5-3 feet.

I then Used a work belt With leg loops ( basically a harness with Poackets ) and attached a pully to the Front and ran the brake line through this and attached the other free end ( the one you would usually wear on your wrist ) to the Middle of the bar using a larks head ( had to detach one of the flying lines to get it properly onto the bar )

I can Now push the bar out ( makes the brake line Shorter ) to Depower Completely and the kite floats back to earth in its Plastic bag kinda way, and Pull the bar in to Fully power ( brake lines extended ) the kite. and In between I get various amounts of power.. I could ( though I prolly will never ) clip into the bar and I would then Be fully powered and still able to steer ( obviously I will not attempt this In my Injured state, if ever ) I AM looking into Proper Depower kites for after I recover But Felt it Pertient to mention that This was an Easy mod that Seems to work Perfectlly... My only Complaint is that I cant fly with my arms extended and have to keep Them bent at elbows to Keep the kite powered which is VERY tireing, especially when the kite wants to Pull ( though I'm not Scudding on my ass with the cast I am Still Flying ) and I can still let go of the bar and the kite completelly Depowers...


Ideas? thoughts ??

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Trying to picture it in my head, but if you let go of the bar, does the kite fall out of the sky like it would with just a wrist leash? Sounds like you might be hooked to it through your pully line with no way out if trouble happened.

If you want to fly your Hydra as close as possible to depower you really want to put it on handles.

ONLY with handles do you have complete control of all 4 lines all the time. With handles you can immitate the brake turns that are how a depower turns. You can also add brake to both sides slowing the kite or dropping it back as would happen pulling in the bar. If you use a harness you can feel the power and speed that running off the strop gives you. Like pushing out the bar on depower.

If you are after Depower I think John at Powerzone can do a Depower mod to a Hydra you would lose power in the kite though due to the nature of depower foil to fixed bridle, but might be worth a look into if you can't buy another kite just yet.

have Checked, Prices to mod hydra are too much IMO.. I would rather spend the money on a proper Depower, looking into a neo for spring, but just trying out new Ideas with what I have...

BladeRunner: Do you Think I would need to Mod the braker Bridles since they are all On only 1 line now ? I figure I'd have to have then To form a left and a right Set.....

I am thinking Mostly For messing around with The Snowboard on a Huge frozen lake here where I know others Ride with this Hydra, In which case I would favor the Bar controll Cause I Could, Theoretically, hook in regardless, Though I suppose I could also Do this With handles and A Spreader bar and Climbing Strop .

RudeBoy: If I let go I would Still activete the Safety compleetely, It works Essentilly the same Only I;ve used a pully to change the Direction of the force applyied. Draw it out and You'll see it easy .

I could also Cut Free.