Thanks for the video! how strong is the rope? can it stand a jumps safely? what happened if you fall and the kite is pulling you ?? will it tear the rope??
The rope is strong enough, since it's made of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene AKA Dyneema or Spectra, which is as strong as its own diameter of steel. But Dyneema is also low friction, and it's failure mode in knots is usually that they slide undone. That's what gives me pause for thought. Lots of single points of failure, both in the harness and the kite lines. One more reason I'm not interested in jumpy tricks.
For the 14” spreader bar
The rope is not long enough
I can only make one knot
Rope to short for the 14” 😢
Thanks for the video! how strong is the rope? can it stand a jumps safely? what happened if you fall and the kite is pulling you ?? will it tear the rope??
The rope is strong enough, since it's made of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene AKA Dyneema or Spectra, which is as strong as its own diameter of steel. But Dyneema is also low friction, and it's failure mode in knots is usually that they slide undone. That's what gives me pause for thought. Lots of single points of failure, both in the harness and the kite lines. One more reason I'm not interested in jumpy tricks.
Replace it regularely, I’ve had slightly fryed ones snap on me twice.
Would have been nice if you also showed how to route the center rope loop..