Along with drawing plans for a kite buggy, I’ve been producing the base for a kite control bar. As a gesture of good will and to keep my kiting friends sweet, I offered to cut and drill the bar required for producing a kite control bar. For those that don’t know there are a few ways to control a Powerkite. Including straps, handles, bar or a de-power bar, so because we only have four-line powerkites and not a de-power model, we’re going to try and make a standard control bar as shown below.
The main power lines connect to both left and right sides and then the break lines connect to the centre and strap onto your arm, body or harness.
So, just before lunch I cut a perfectly good aluminum Mop handle into two lengths, one at 600mm and the other at 500, just as a trial to see what’s going to be best. I drilled 3 x 5mm holes at each end and one in the centre for leader braid to pass through, but we’re probably going to need some plastic sleeve to stop the leader lines from wearing.
Here’s the shot of the bar so far:
