As, Bs and Brakes down. The Cs took another 1.5 hours in the backyard.
Sunday morning, off to FlyBC. I need more space to spread the full wing out and trace the lines from maillon to attachment tab - to make sure nothing is crossed or wrapped.
One pair of crossed lines on the left C, easy enough to sort.
I expected the riser swap to be very straight forward and aside from the B maillons, it would have been. Both maillons were a right sob to get clear of their respective riser loops. But perseverance paid off and the lines eventually made their way across. All of the maillons were taken to finger tight as there was no point in adding the quarter turn by wrench until after kiting the wing.
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| New riser left, old riser right. |
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| Curious. |
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| Transformation complete. Time to kite. |
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Laid out in the LZ. Very switchy winds today (SE right now).
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| Pull up. The tips noticeably lag compared to the base model. |
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| Back down, South wind now. Notice the Altocumulus Virga? |
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| Rebuild wall, winds now SW. |
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| Pull up, again tips lag -a good sign for strong conditions. |
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I also tried my hand at A+Cs, and it appears this new configurations is much more user friendly. I was concerned I might have to engage the floating Cs, but all is good.
Due to the switch winds, more kiting will be needed to ensure there are no problems (mistakes in line attachment) followed a few jaunts up and down the training hill.
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