Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 1993 22:57:36 -1000
From:	plepez@is1e.bfu.vub.ac.be (Lepez Philippe)
Message-Id: <3986@rc1.vub.ac.be>
Organization: Brussels Free Universities (VUB/ULB), Belgium
Subject: 2 versus 3 legs bridle ?


Hi all,

In an advert for the 'Edge' it is said someting like 'use the 2 legs bridles
for ballet and add the third one for team flying'.
What is the effect of adding that intermediate bridle along the leading edge ?

Ok, I use a tird leg in one of my kites, with the effect of getting rid of
wing tips wobbeling, but except that, I didn't notice much things special
about the way the kite flies.

Good winds for 94 ! (and for the end of this year too :-)

Philippe.

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Philippe Lepez       (CP 125), |                           |       Good kite
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, | Email: plepez@ulb.ac.be   | +     Good wind
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Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 1993 07:27:31 -1000
From:	sasaki@das.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki)
Message-Id: <1993Dec21.172731.1515@das.harvard.edu>
Organization: Harvard University
Subject: Re: 2 versus 3 legs bridle ?


In article <3986@rc1.vub.ac.be>, plepez@is1e.vub.ac.be (Lepez Philippe) writes:
>In an advert for the 'Edge' it is said someting like 'use the 2 legs bridles
>for ballet and add the third one for team flying'.
>What is the effect of adding that intermediate bridle along the leading edge ?

Since no one else answered, I thought I would. Basically, the third
leg effectively stiffens the leading edge. The result is an a more
precise kite when the wind comes up. Some feel that the kite is more
responsive without the extra bridle leg and prefer to not use one when
flying ballet.
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