SPARRING:
- Cut small longerons out of
.09 solid micro carbon and install a vinyl end cap on
both ends of the longeron before inserting in pockets.
- Install horizontal 2100
spreaders: 6 - 48” 2100L sticks at G to C, L2 to R2,
L4 to R4, L6 to R6, L10 to R10, L12 to R12. And, 4 - 31
& 1/2” 2100 and 2 - 10” 2100 pieces with 2
- A20 ferrels to make two sticks 73” long at L to R,
and L8 to R8. Also put VEC’s on each pocket end of
the stick. Only glue the ferrels to one side of the long
sticks. The 10” stick needs to be removed on
disassembly if you want a bag that is less than 65”
long.
- Install 2 end verticals and
one center vertical. These sticks need to be custom
fitted because variations will occur dependent on your
sewing accuracy. My sticks ended up being: 2 - End
Verticals = 1 - PS19L = 54” & 1 - PS19L with a
291 ferrel = 35.25” for a total of 89.75” each.
AND 1 - Center Vertical = 1 - PS19L = 54” & 1 -
PS19L with 291 ferrel = 44.125” for a total length
of 98.125”. Install PS19 Static Fitting with short
screw on bottom of kite; and, PS19 Reverse Adjuster
fitting on the top of kite vertical points. Put sticks
first into adjustable fittings and lastly into static
fitting. See Photo C & D.
- Assemble bridel per page #
11, attach to 8 D-rings with cross loc swivels.
ASSEMBLY
& DISASSEMBLY:
- All Horizontal sticks and all
short longeron sticks stay in the kite. Only verticals
are removed to put in bag.
- If you want bag to only be
65” long you must loosen the 2 - 10” horizontal
pieces.
- When assembling kite put
verticals in adjustable fitting first and slip static
fitting over stick last, then go back to top of kite to
tension the reverse fitting.
- It is possible to break kite
down further, say for an airplane trip, by removing all
horizontal sticks and just rolling up the skin and short
longerons.
FLIGHT
ADJUSTMENTS:
The kite
initially flew skewed off center, the left right adjuster at the
tow point did not solve the problem. It turns out that it’s
very critical that the length of bridel line from A to #3 of
105” be EXACTLY the same as A’ to #3’ of
105”. Once that is set adjust other lengths for no slack. It
does take some fiddling.
Perhaps this
means my logic for the bridel is flawed. But I know that this
works, even if it is a pain. If anyone comes up with a bridel
that has a better left to right adjust, please advise so I can
change mine.
Recommended fly
line is 150# dacron below 12 MPH and 200# dacron above.
CONCLUSION:
As usual, I
calculated the lift (not sail area). I will not bore you with the
math, since I am developing a Tech Sheet that will go into Weight
to Lift Ratio’s in depth.
Lift = 844”
(10.5”) divided by 144 = 61.5 square feet
Weight = 48
ounces
Therefore:
Weight to Lift Ratio = 48/61.5 = .78
Note: Original
kaleidakite has a weight to lift ratio on the order of 1.25