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[*] posted on 26-11-2013 at 06:50 PM
'07 vs. Nav TS bars


I'm flying this Venom 2 on a shorter bar (56cm) but it works fine for me and have plenty of room for tweeking within the kite. Just curious as to what I should expect from a Navigator bar (med. 55cm). The Y center line does that give the kite a different flight characteristic vs an 07 bar? checking for equal line legnths. any adjustments I should make??? (before I fill launch and then notice)? Would like to know if there is anydifference I can adjust for before gearing up.
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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 06:37 AM


What size is the v2- i would say if it is a 10 or less then the old nav Y might be okay but would recommend either the 07 or new navi bar with the 4 equal lines in place of the "Y". The Y will restrict the kite too much in my experience and make it just generally fly not right
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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 07:24 AM


That's kinda whhat I though might happen. I'll continue with 07 and take out 'Y' on nav get it on 4 equal lines.
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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 07:42 AM


FlyHigh- I know Feyd shared his navi bar mod to no Y split on here, but a quick google didn't find it. here it is on arcusers, somewhat down the page.... http://arcusers.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=268



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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 07:47 AM


I tried my Navi bar on my 15 Syn and didn't notice too much difference that I didn't think was due to the slightly shorter bar. No line length adjustment was needed. It was clean wind so no flaring. I think I stuck with the 07 because it is longer, I can toss the bar through to fix mistakes, I like the clean leash system.

I would say give it a go and decide for yourself.





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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 08:07 AM


Unless you already have an old Nav bar, the new ones have equal length lines. NO "Y".



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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 08:28 AM


Older Nzv Bar It does have 'Y' I'll give it a go. I also like the clean leash attachment. I suppose I'll just take both bars with me see how it works and if I don't like at least I can enjoy the day and mod if/when I can. We got 6" of white stuff last night and hoping for more for weekend! Thanks guys!
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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 01:40 PM


I've flown a 16m Venom II and a 15m Synergy on the old style Navi with the "Y" split and both performed great. I was using a Med Navi at the time. The only problem I found was if you had a bow tie or invert it was almost impossible to correct from the bar because you couldn't pull on the top lines individually due to the "Y". Otherwise I thought it worked great.



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