My new kite came in the mail today. It's a crispy clean modded PL V1 13m, red and silver. Beautiful kite! It has a top skin and trailing edge tuck, and a shortened front strap, so I suppose it's more of a VII than a VI at this point. I am so happy! Thanks Kitesurfer! I took it outside right away and inflated it with a vacuum. The canister kind, so it blows air out the opposite end. Took less than a minute. I couldn't resist. It came KO, though, so now all I need is a new bar... bleh... short on cash. I don't know how long it will be before I can fly it, but I will be patient. At least I have the kite.

Until you score a bar..... you could always do battle against local crime.



ATB,
Sam

Woooooooo hoooooo! Somebody donate a bar and line set to this kid, he's te future of kiteboarding! Seanny if I had more than just one bar I would totally hook you up. Seriously, can anybody throw him a spare? Even if it's just lines and maybe someone can get him a used bar until he can buy his own?

LOL! Kite Man + revolving doors = BIG trouble!!

@indigo_wolf
Can't say I've never done that before... or at least tried...:embarrased: Hehehehe

@flyjump
You're the best man! Thanks so much for the support. Thanks to EVERYONE for the support! I look forward to nothing more than coming home and flying. I really want to get this thing in the sky, even if it takes every last penny to do so...

EDIT: Local crime... I suppose I could fight the battle against a couple of bored kids smoking herbs and trucks lifted an inch or two above the limit... :P

glad you like the kite. any bar and line set will work. a longer bar will work better than a shorter bar--30" or so. a 500' roll of q power line is $100 and those lines will last forever. my first bar--and i used it for 7 years--was an old kayak paddle shaft. i made my leaders and tied them to the end of the bar. i tied a ring to the center of the bar to run my center line through. i bought a cheap dakine center line adjust strap. it wall works great. but now, you can pick up bar and line sets cheap on ebay--old long bar sets are the best.

@Seanny
I just noticed that under your WANTS it says "Kids to stop being too cool for kites"
and I know EXACTLY what you mean.
Everyone thinks that its dumb until i give them my Ace on A 20mph+ day, lets just say they change their minds very quickly after they get dragged 200ft across a field or lofted into the air.

cool, let see pics of this TST .

i actually have a pic of KS cut down oar bar with ring on another cpu, DEF hard core DIY!

..and if you make your own junk, the key element is the "PL trim strap" if you get this the rest is easy.

I swear I'm the only kiter for 30 miles. And I need another like... $50 for a bar & lines...

I'll post pics of the kite when I get home. I'm in school at the moment.

I have this article , which appears to be a trim strap of some sort. Phree, if you think it could be adapted to his use, I will send it to him. Here's a pic, click to enlarge.

I'm no kite constructing genius... :o I don't know what would take longer, making a few extra bucks and buying a completed bar or making one from scratch...

I know what you mean, that's why this strap is gathering dust, IDK what to do with it? Maybe Phree can use it.

then why buy KO?

BBlo57 is handing you a peice of gold! and you don't even know it.

you need to learn(teach yourself) or find a buddy.

ah..BE SURE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED ON THE KITE.

oh discovery!

BBlo57by all means, send it! much gratitude for any and all gifts.

@Phree, this is the only way I could figure out how to show a pic of the Bars I have. Both have hole for C/L, machined from aluminum. The black might be home made from sched. 40 pvc? Maybe John from PZ will chime in, as I got them from him.

@Phree
The kite is cherry. I desperately needed a new one, and at the price I bought it for, it would definitely not have been around for very long. I just didn't want someone else to buy it. At least now that I have the kite, I can go for a bar. This is not my first depower kite I've owned. I also made sure that this is exactly what I want before I bought it. Also, I'd be glad to teach myself, if I'd had some background knowledge on ARC bar setups, and bar setup assembly in general. I've never made one from scratch before. I don't really care about the learning experience right now, I just want to fly.

I think the first bar I built up helped me understand how the bar worked and made me a better flier. I understand you wanting to fly fast, but you can build a bar up in a few hours if you have the parts. If not for your first flight, don't be afraid to get in there and put one together at some point in your arcification.

I definitely intend to make some of my own gear. It sounds like a lot of fun, actually. I just don't have the parts... And I don't really know what I'm doing. I know there are videos and guides and this forum, but for the first time, I think I'd do much better if I constructed it with someone that's done this before. And I do just want to get out and fly, ASAP

BBlo57 i remember when they went up . the gold one is nice i think its AL tube with solid AL center. be glad to relieve their dust burden.

@seanny you have an Access depower obviously you learned something already. the 13m will have quite a bit more power than the 8m access. you FLY with that one right? and Twisters very techinal units for air. arcs are nicely simple. the tiscali site is excellent! leader guide lines and kite behavior are very helpful. read it.

Yeah, I've read that. I have it bookmarked. Found it a while back. 2006 Airush bars are really cheap, I might pick one up.

if you have a west marine store near you, they have most everything you need. a leader line for each side of the bar. same line for pigtails. two small stainless steel rings for your sliding ring leash on front line setup. free trim strap alredy offered up. 2 foot of chicken line from west marine. chicken loop...but yea, pick up one from ebay for $50 and modify it for yfour use. make sure before you launch it that you have a leash that works 100% of the time.

I fly my kites with a 2006 Airush bar, their safety system is great, where did you found one ?

Matt

@kitesurfer
I live in a tiny town in the middle of Texas, we're barely even on the map... I could search around for a marine store, maybe I'll have some luck in Austin. We have plenty of hardware stores with nifty things, it'd be worth a try to look there also.

@Mattgenius
Kiteboarding.com has them on sale for $55, but lines are an extra $79. Still quite inexpensive.

are you gonna post a pic of that new kite

Here's some pics. They're the ones kitesurfer sent me. It's been pouring all week, so I haven't had the chance to get it outside yet. Give me a sec...

Argh, nevermind. Delete this post ^^^^ The pictures are too big.

Use photobucket and insert the img code
The most important part is getting a good chicken loop you can trust.

Uploaded to Photobucket.

http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n531/SeannyEatsWorld/

thats a good looking wing there seanny....it'll treat you well i think

It's still crispy :D I practically stole it.