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AD72
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Kami- after removing the cover over the CL line, does the 5th line move around the top of the Megatron on your Flysurfer setups? See the video I
posted earlier this month.
Kitesurf Los Barriles
you can see it moving freely between the bottom of the bar as I sheet in.
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Kamikuza
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No ... at least, I don't think so - I used a slightly thicker depower rope ... and tightened the hex-head nuts in there. Looks like yours are just
loose ... assuming it's still the OE Beal line in there, there's a PU tubing sleeve under the spinning doohickey - tighten the nuts to clamp on that.
Looking good in there!
Say, anyone know exactly what the Beal line is? The only thing I can find on the Beal page that looks the same is the 5mm pure Dyneema line - which
only has a breaking load of 1200kg ...!
I ask cos the cored Amsteel line I made up - 5mm Amsteel Blue (2,400kg) with a 2.8mm core (730kg) - won't fit through the hole in the CL body and I
don't want to drill it out if I don't have to :D
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AD72
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Thanks. That is 3/16 Amsteel blue without the PU that came with the chicken loop. I could tighten down the setscrews and give that a try or maybe
stick some sort of sleeve in there to screw against. I did not like the setscrews straight against the rope.
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Kamikuza
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I'm suspicious too - but I've seen it done on other bars. PL Zero7, for example ... just don't over tighten it :D
Ozone uses Beal line though, you sure it was Amsteel?
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Mood: Semper in excretum sum sed alta variat................alwayz in the crap but the depth varys.........
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if things dont workout I can get you the IH2 locally..................................let me know
17m Ozone Zephyr (2012)
15m Flysurfer Silver Arrow 2
12m Ozone Catalyst (2013)
10m Ozone Catalyst (2012)
MTH Colonel Reb customs 160x45 carbon, 141x43 wood
Wainman Joke & Demitri Pro
11'6 Naish Nalu
6' Davo Fish
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Kamikuza
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I already got three of them in a box sitting in the living room ... waiting for me to decide what to do with the Beal line thanks anyway though, Tri!
I guess 300kg x4 lines is 1200kg ... and that'd be like a 10G yoink to break the depower line ...
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Kamikuza
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.... looks like I get to have my cake and eat it too :D
If you're canny and taper the 5mm Amsteel just right, you can get it through the hole on the CL body, then fid and pull the 2.8mm through, pull the
lot through the body then stitch the ends, knot it and voila! DIY Silverline!
And if you grunt'n'groan a lot, you can feed the PU sleeve (from under the spinning hander) down the whole lot and have the spinning handle securely
seated and not mangling the line ... gravy! I'm sure there's an easier way to get the sleeve down, I'll try to figure it out when I'm more awake!
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