Della Porta: Nine squares 1993
each square: 80 x 80 cm
total size: 4.5 x 4.5 metres (5.76 square metres sail area)
Weight: 5 kg
tails: 2 x 25 metres
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire 20th July 2019
each square: 80 x 80 cm
total size: 4.5 x 4.5 metres (5.76 square metres sail area)
Weight: 5 kg
tails: 2 x 25 metres
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire 20th July 2019
Notes...
When we brought this one back from Aarhus many of the spars were broken.
When we brought this one back from Aarhus many of the spars were broken.
5 broken 112 cm spars.
10 150cm lengths purchased 29/03/2019.
4 spars broken at Scarborough.
May be bridle issue but FJM thinks that spars are too flexible.
Try Zen green race with carbon fillers as at 07/06/2019?
Flown briefly with fillers at Cleobury Mortimer.
Carbon rod fillers purchased and fitted prior to Portsmouth 2019.
10 150cm lengths purchased 29/03/2019.
4 spars broken at Scarborough.
May be bridle issue but FJM thinks that spars are too flexible.
Try Zen green race with carbon fillers as at 07/06/2019?
Flown briefly with fillers at Cleobury Mortimer.
Carbon rod fillers purchased and fitted prior to Portsmouth 2019.
The polythene fittings are quite heavy and need to be carefully organised when fitting the spars.
The tails need careful handling at launch so as not to restrict the movement of the kite. As wind conditions were light we switched to a single loop of tail but we did not succeed with a sustained flight. Further 'fine tuning' of the bridle will be needed!
