Article 27485 of rec.kites: Path: tug!ibmpcug!laura.pcug.co.uk!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!uunet!inXS.uu.net!news.euro.net!usenet From: miel@knoware.nl (Emiel Stroeve) Newsgroups: rec.kites Subject: Re: Soft kite tuning Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:37:00 GMT Organization: EuroNet Internet Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4s10os$6h4@news.euro.net> References: <9607100941.aa03230@tug.com> Reply-To: miel@knoware.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: p104.mas.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Andrew Beattie wrote: >Don Eckleston (http://www.kfs.org/kites/festivals/fano95/done.jpg) >asked me this weekend to spend some time explaining how to tune bridles, >but I never got a chance to talk to him, so I'll post a few notes here. >Problems and cures. >If it overflies too much, lengthen A (or maybe pull back C & D) Great article ! What happens if the kite overflies ? I now, it overflies, but what's the effect whilst buggying? Do you *not* want it to overfly, or is a little better for L/D? What's the L/D in this situation (better or worse). It's not a big problem keeping it from overflying, it's just a bit of work. By lengthening A, the speed will drop and you're tuning the kite *from* a problem situation instead of *to* a better situation. Emiel (__) (__) Emiel Stroeve The Netherlands (oo) (oo) ---------------------------------------------------/----\/------/----\/ http://www.euronet.nl/users/mielse/index.html /||,--|| /||,--|| E-mail: miel@knoware.nl * ^^ ^^ * ^^ ^^