Article 25998 of rec.kites: Path: tug!ibmpcug!laura.pcug.co.uk!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!gaffer From: gaffer@pat.rec.com (Andrew Beattie) Newsgroups: rec.kites Subject: Re: Chevron progress Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 07:34:29 GMT Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <833787269.7592.0@pat.rec.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pat.rec.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pat.rec.com In article , Andrew Beattie wrote: >During the day, it was never very happy in a tip-stand position, but I've >adjusted the tips to make them flatter too and a brief test suggests that >this has been successful. Successful? Nope. Sure, it fixed the tip-stand problem, but it stuffed up the steering. It would curl up round the leading edge excessively. Ken Knight observed that it looked like a seahorse when turning. It was very light wind, but it didn't seem to be pulling like it should. (kinda difficult to judge after flying the 13m^2...) Time for some tuning. I changed the A-lines (nearest the leading edge), I changed the C-lines. I changed the tip bridle, I changed the A-lines some more. Then the C-lines again. Then a different tip configuration. It went from bad to worse (and of course, I'm doing this while everyone can see it). Eventually, I got it right. The magic has returned, but it waited until everone had gone home... *sigh* Andrew