Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 20:48:31 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: What's a few milimeters between friends? Those of you who were at Fano will remember that I was unhappy with my 5m Peel. It would shoot to the top of the window, then collapse. I was determined that I was going to fix it before I sold it, so I've been spending some time working on it. What I discovered was that some time ago, I undid the primary-to-cross bridle knot. When I re-tied it, I couldn't work out how to re-tie the knot, so I used a larks-head. The difference between the lengths of the first two bridle lines on the centre rib of the 5m should be 25mm. With use, the larks-head slipped by between 5 and 7mm, (2/10 or 3/10 of an inch), resulting in a line difference of between the bridle lengths of between 10 and 15mm in stead of the prescribed 25. This difference was enough to stuff up the kite! Once I found it, the fix was easy... Just retie the knot properly in a very slightly different place. Andrew -- Netiquette-of-the-day: Keep your signature to 4 lines or less You can FTP the kite FAQ's from ftp.hawaii.edu (directory /pub/rec/kites/faq) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =