Finally!
After two months, the line set has arrived.
When I first demo'd the Gin Carrera, I remarked on the inability to A+C's the wing during launch due to a rather unique riser configuration. The C3 line is mounted to a floating maillon between the main B and C attachment points. The webbing upon which this maillon rides significantly limits the C riser range of motion. The updated Carrera+ riser is expected to help address this short coming by lowering the rear attachment of the webbing strap.
The other thing that stood out was the 'floppy' wing tips. The brake fan layout on the first generation Carrera would engage the centre portion of the trailing edge well ahead of the tips. The byproduct of this configuration is a reduced 'feeling' for an impending collapse short of riding somewhat deep into the brake range. The new line layout on the Carrera+ is expected to 'slow' the tips and engage the trailing edge in a more even manner.
The upgrade kit itself consists of 50 lines (for XS through to M) or 56 lines (for L and XL), an instruction set, a pair of new risers, a new certification/serial number label, packing bag tab, and a '+' sticker to affix to the right of the 'Carrera' label on the wing tip.
The instructions are a single double sided page:
The line set is organized into a collection of daisy chains, grouped by riser and by tier.
I set out to break the chains down and subgroup by pairs of individual lines.
Once all of the pairs are divided, its time to label the old lines that are to be replaced. As the instructions are not available online, I went overkill and created a label for every line, unsure which would be flagged for replacement.
Wing laid out in the backyard.
After two months, the line set has arrived.
When I first demo'd the Gin Carrera, I remarked on the inability to A+C's the wing during launch due to a rather unique riser configuration. The C3 line is mounted to a floating maillon between the main B and C attachment points. The webbing upon which this maillon rides significantly limits the C riser range of motion. The updated Carrera+ riser is expected to help address this short coming by lowering the rear attachment of the webbing strap.
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| Original Carrera riser layout.Note short C3. Courtesy of Gin Gliders. |
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| Carrera+ riser layout. Note extended C3. Courtesy of Gin Gliders. |
The other thing that stood out was the 'floppy' wing tips. The brake fan layout on the first generation Carrera would engage the centre portion of the trailing edge well ahead of the tips. The byproduct of this configuration is a reduced 'feeling' for an impending collapse short of riding somewhat deep into the brake range. The new line layout on the Carrera+ is expected to 'slow' the tips and engage the trailing edge in a more even manner.
The upgrade kit itself consists of 50 lines (for XS through to M) or 56 lines (for L and XL), an instruction set, a pair of new risers, a new certification/serial number label, packing bag tab, and a '+' sticker to affix to the right of the 'Carrera' label on the wing tip.
The instructions are a single double sided page:
The line set is organized into a collection of daisy chains, grouped by riser and by tier.
I set out to break the chains down and subgroup by pairs of individual lines.
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| Brake lines mid tier. Each pair (L and R) is placed in a single marked baggie. |
Once all of the pairs are divided, its time to label the old lines that are to be replaced. As the instructions are not available online, I went overkill and created a label for every line, unsure which would be flagged for replacement.
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| Line labels. |
A check of the instructions to confirm which line is next.
Crack open the maillon, slip the line free, follow it to the attachment, un-hitch.
Crack open the maillon, slip the line free, follow it to the attachment, un-hitch.
Place the tagged old line in a large baggie and extract the new line from its individual baggie. Check the tag holding the line pair to confirm the index (there is a slight inconsistency in how the lines are labeled on the instructions and on their tags - but it is easy to deduce what goes where).
Follow the new line end to end, being sure to follow the instructions to attach the thicker sheath portion of the bottom most lines to the bottom of the mid cascade.
Re-attach. Rinse and repeat for other lines. When done, place back on old risers in same order.
I will do the riser swap at the dealers, as he has a rigging loft when I can also check each line end to end before taking for a spin kiting.
Thus far, both sides:
- A+Bs -> 1.5 hours
- Brakes -> 40 mins.
Hey man, How much this kit? Tks
ReplyDelete$550 Canadian at the time. Money well spent, imo
ReplyDeletethanks... i was looking for the diferences in the risers and you text has everything that i need..
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