Jumped into some serious bladder repair on this tube.

i have a grab bag of old bladders and valves (about 30 or so)and set out to put my old 12m BOXER back in service. this unit needed ALL 5 struts repaired all being valve attachments.

i wanted a poly urethane product from WM because thats what is here. decided on the 3M WM 5200 (regular set). i don't know if they make a clear, so i got the white. any way the details....

SLOW CURE! solid 3 days and a humid environment makes it a little quicker but 3 days any way you slice it. (7 days per the instructin for thick applications.
the first day needs a compression device to hold things, like a juice glass with some weight.
use ample but stay in the valve dimensions.

SLOOOW but works !


They have a QUICK SET 5200, which would be better. and really is very close formulation to AQUASEAL. without the TiO(2).

these are all OLD bladders and valves....in the 4-6year range. not so sure the removal/ failure looks like , I DON'T SEE THIS STUFF COMING OFF , it would have to be cut out for next repair.
i don't think it will peel away like most typical valve adhesion failures.

sessioned with this unit on the land board about an hour all solid.

very happy with it , def would go with the quick set.

fun unit! and will run it for a while to watch the repairs.

sessioned again on this unit in light onshore breeze, really stoked on this unit. Go Pro caught the action( a little back log on vids there coming, 3 in the works currently)

and big thanks to hardrock ... GI Flight 93, arrived, Perfection!

gonna drill mod the deck to open the stance and angle a little . and it sessions tomorrow!

haha, this summer, I picked up an old naish shockwave 9m as my first LEI...didn't want to spend much $ so went for something old but still reliably safe....I really like it actually! More than I thought I would for sure.

just wanted to complete this circle with the first session.

http://vimeo.com/29170320



fresh up load ...

Jeez vimeo, get with the program and process that stuff so we can get to watchin!

"this video is still being uploaded"

check

reworking one more upload .

fresh up load ...

edited first post as well

http://vimeo.com/29170320

Looking forward to it!

I think I'd like to see this one realtime to get a feel for the kite action.

Still, that kite makes some tight loops. I'd like to taste a c kite on the water sometime.

im letting the vid load...................phresh so far....................like the new board as well....................

Watched it straight through here in realtime. No problems.

Looks like a great day of riding on a great kite. C-power! Loved the song... sasha 'baja' right?

the real time is a fraction long . i'll do short clip

baja, you got it.

the unhooked seems addictive! strong /direct easy to trim with nice range. Besides an NPW5, this boxer may have been the first kite i truly mastered