Re: Andy Wardley Day
| Subject | Re: Andy Wardley Day |
| From | banjo@best.com (Dave Douglass) |
| Date | Wed, 19 Aug 1998 08:13:44 -0700 |
| Newsgroups | rec.kites |
Robin Perry wrote:
> halbritt@harm.org wrote:
> <snip>
> > I've had some success with
> > the dynamic bridle on the Jam, but I think it still needs some
> > additional tuning. I'd like a good clean day to really tune out the
> > dimensions of the thing. Once I think I have it tuned out, or atleast
> > *close* I'll post the dimensions. One benefit that I've noticed so far
> > is that the jam will Flik Flak much easier now.
> >
> > heath
>
> If you think the dynamic bridle improves flic-flacs wait til you try an
> active bridle (the difference was big even on my BoT). Incidentally you
> can make a simplified active bridle in exactly the same was as the dynamic
> one but instead of tying together the 2 LE legs you tie together the top
> LE and the leg attached to the spine. Tim Benson did such a conversion on
> my BoT at Blackheath kite festival (from the standard dynamic one) and it
> improved things. It's probably best waiting for this web page of Andy's,
> though, as I'm sure he'll explain everything in detail.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin.
Robin-
I just bought a BoT after having seen Andy Wardley put his thru it's paces getting my hands on it for a bit. I flew it in 10mph wind at the stock setting for a while then tied the bridle into the active setting per Andy's webpage and really did a nice number on it's flight characteristics. Great new toy.
Dave