Today I spoke to a fellow kiter at our local flying field who stated that a kite shop owner told him that braided kite line, like Spectra, can be mended by cutting the filaments at different lengths at the brake, then twisting the lines together... and that it holds (unseen) like a Chinese finger trap.
While I told him I had never heard of such a mend technique, and felt it would be highly impossible to accomplish (and a bit crazy) I wanted to double check with you veteran fliers out there who may know or have heard anything like this.
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Today I spoke to a fellow kiter at our local flying field who stated that a kite shop owner told him that braided kite line, like Spectra, can be mended by cutting the filaments at different lengths at the brake, then twisting the lines together... and that it holds (unseen) like a Chinese finger trap.
While I told him I had never heard of such a mend technique, and felt it would be highly impossible to accomplish (and a bit crazy) I wanted to double check with you veteran fliers out there who may know or have heard anything like this.
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