Nota: je ne connais pas encore la disponibilité pour la France mais je devrais avoir l'info pour le début de semaine prochaine.
MATHIEU PENDLE a écrit:
Dear All,
Year 08 started a little rough with all the comments on kiteforum about the chicken loop, even though there was some pure negative comments just to put GK down, I did look at all the constructive feedback, and
I have done some modifications on the mold to make the GK chicken loop the safest and most simple one to use on the market.
* Transparent housing, see the simple pin system inside, and check whats going on.
* No holes, no pins coming out, the pin system is protected from sand, stones.
* Trigger the safety system by pulling all directions, not only one (other brands)
* Takes about 1 second to trigger the loop back in, (mush less then any other brand)
* Additional rubber spring to keep the Loop closed and not release by accident.
* New material for the black parts, (fiber glass/ nylon)
* 100% of parts are tested for injection defects, each part goes through a test, lifting up 320 kg
* In addition, a safe line will connect the transparent housing directly to the 5mm spectra depower line.
* The GK CL stays really strait when you unhooked.
* The stopper is also transparent, this stopper is very safe, by pushing trough you will get 80% of depower.
* Some say the depower strap is to long, just have to shorten the line above the strap.
The black chicken loop we have been shipping up to now is working good, the upgrades we have made will make it even better, easier to use and to understand how simple it is.
Check out the high resolution video:
http://gkforum.free.frarchives/qualite/ ... pgrade.wmv
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http://www.globekites.com/chickloop/upgrade.wmv
The joint files are:
GKupgradekit08.jpg (parts that will be sent to upgrade) http://gkforum.free.fr/archives/qualite ... ekit08.jpg
GKpartschick08.jpg (all ref for CL and stopper parts) http://gkforum.free.fr/archives/qualite ... hick08.jpg
GKCLuser.jpg (upgrade info) http://gkforum.free.fr/archives/qualite ... CLuser.jpg
For those who wish to upgrade there existing black chicken loop, GK will supply free of charge a small upgrade kit.
From now on all the kites will be shipped with the new transparent GK chicken loop.
Now it's time to have a good 2008 season.
Wind is back in Mauritius, yesterday I was very happy to ride with the Vsonic 6m, I am really happy with this kite, others had 9 to 12 m, I had 15m lines and had a lot of power. The projected area of the kite is very high compared to the total area, the turning and the flying speed is also very high. I'm sure the future will go to smaller kites with higher projected area, this is what is good about the Vsonic, we have more projected area, lower aspect ration in the center, faster tips with less drag, making the kite pivot around it's center giving more twist and more turn.
Mat