So, iQuad had a kite washing day in Victoria a couple months ago and decided to take all the spars out of 32 Revs, rinse everything and hang dry it...
Well, that works out to 32 leading edges, or 96 spars we had to pull.
I'm sure most of us have had, or still have the delightful experience of trying to work that blasted center leading edge spar out of the kite... Maybe we got lucky and got the whole thing, but not often.
We found a really easy way to do it...
1. Take out the verticals and set them aside.
2. Un cap both wing tips.
3. Hold one wing tip, by the spar only.
4. Let the weight of the kite naturally flex the other end of the leading edge downward.
5. Gently pull the spar in your hand slightly downward and out of the kite.
What this does is create [a safe amount of] flex in the whole leading edge, effectively tightening the ferrules (while at that angle) and greatly lessening the chances that any of the spars will come apart before they're all out.
For us, with some practice behind us now, this works nearly 100% of the time.
Anyway, a simple goodie... But one that was quite an epiphany for us.
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So, iQuad had a kite washing day in Victoria a couple months ago and decided to take all the spars out of 32 Revs, rinse everything and hang dry it...
Well, that works out to 32 leading edges, or 96 spars we had to pull.
I'm sure most of us have had, or still have the delightful experience of trying to work that blasted center leading edge spar out of the kite... Maybe we got lucky and got the whole thing, but not often.
We found a really easy way to do it...
1. Take out the verticals and set them aside.
2. Un cap both wing tips.
3. Hold one wing tip, by the spar only.
4. Let the weight of the kite naturally flex the other end of the leading edge downward.
5. Gently pull the spar in your hand slightly downward and out of the kite.
What this does is create [a safe amount of] flex in the whole leading edge, effectively tightening the ferrules (while at that angle) and greatly lessening the chances that any of the spars will come apart before they're all out.
For us, with some practice behind us now, this works nearly 100% of the time.
Anyway, a simple goodie... But one that was quite an epiphany for us.
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