burnski24
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Para Packing
Can anyone tell me what para-packing actualy is?
I have an idea but I 'd be grateful if someone can give me some info
Cheers,
Dave
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krumly
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Dave -
There are a few variations on parapacking, but this is a great step-by-step tutorial:
http://www.racekites.com/howto/howto_11.asp
If you search the threads on this forum you'll find a lot of info regarding who prefers to pack or wind using what method - on handles, parapacking,
et al. I personally prefer to parapack or wind my lines on a YoYo winder, with only the last 5-6' around the handles to secure them together.
Others prefer all on the handles, which does have the advantage of making it easier to swap the line and handle set to another kite without unpacking.
krumly
Flying:
1.5 m Ozone LD Stunt
2.2, 3.2, 4.2 m C-Quads
2, 3, 4, 5.5, 7.5m PKD Broozas
9m PL GII, w/ adjustable rear strap mod
Dual mode mod PL GI 13, HArc 6, FArc 12
Cab 5m Convert, 7&9m Xbow, 12m SB
Lots of stunt kites and a Rev Supersonic
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Line skiboards, & Lib-Tech Park & Pipes
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nus
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I just started to Para-Pack my 5.0 Crossfire and it's been great. For some reason it just wasn't working for me when I was wrapping the handles I
would constantly get tangles. I think they only unwrapped twice tangle-free. I have a 1.8 Beamer and have no problems wrapping the lines with that
one strange....
Parapacking is kinda funny to me though becuase it doesn't really seem like it should work, I mean basically just stuffing the line in the bag, but I
find it to be quicker and cleaner for setup and packup
I have less worries about having to untagle somthing on those nice wind days during setup that always seem to catch me when using the wrap method.
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Bladerunner
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Is it possible that your lines are each twisted making them want to wrap around each other. I had a similar problem. I took each line and walked it
out one by one tight between my fingers. It helped a lot but wasn't the perfect solution.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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burnski24
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Cheers guys
All really helpful
Just got my second kite, a 3M Beamer III, and going to have a crack at buggying
Yahoo!!
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nus
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| Quote: | Originally posted by snowbird
Is it possible that your lines are each twisted making them want to wrap around each other. I had a similar problem. I took each line and walked it
out one by one tight between my fingers. It helped a lot but wasn't the perfect solution. |
Tried that but the tangles just seemed to messed up.... it's not a big since i have two pairs of lines and handles... in comparison i think I like
parapacking better anyway, will proably start parapacking my 1.8m now
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