Flew an HQ Scout today that had the 3rd line go up to the kite, then split ,then thru pulleys on the powerlines then cross over to the opposite brakeline. After tinkering with it a bit fixing a couple of obvious problems it it flew alright but the bridle/brake lines attached to the trailing edge were not right. the center ones were sloppy loose and the two or three that attach to the corners of the trailing edge were tight and actualy tucked the corners in a little. The 3rd line down at the bar had a fair amount of tension not the slack that I would have expected from a 3 line trainer. The only pic of the kite lines on the HQ site shows pulleys , crossover lines etc. down near the bar not way up in the bridle end. Is this kite/lines assembled wrong? The kites not mine no pics available.

Which model is it? Scout II?

I dont know. It looked crispy new. There was some adjustment knots up in the bridle that loosened the 3rd line a little but not enough to get rid of the tightness in the corner lines.

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Scout I has the crossover linkage at the control bar end.


Scout II has the crossover linkage at the kite end.


What were the obvious problems that you fixed? Did the owner do any tweaks on his own, prior to this?

Wondering if something along the lines of the thread below happened (check the sub-text in the first post).
http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=19741

ATB,
Sam

Scout II would be the one. Lines 9 at the pulleys were wraped around the pulleys and I changed the knot location at 7 in hopes of allowing some slack in the trailin edge corners.
It matched the Scout II diagram , checking your linked thread now.

I-W thanks for the link all is well with the kite, the HQ video with that young sprout impersonating Chris explained it nicely. I hope the kite's owner P___ finds this thread and signs in to tell us how his adventure to OBX turns out.

Video: http://youtu.be/q8q4GTt9GbA

Snowspider: Please note you can move the 2 knots on the bridle independently. I usually try not to choke the kite too much with the 3rd line, so I keep bridle leg #8 attached toward the end of the bridle. For tighter turning, you can move bridle leg #7 closer to the kite. Hope that helps.

Very good. The lines and bridles were a more advanced design than I had seen before so I was a little confused. Soooo much better than the old NewTech Ballistic I learned on.