by sflinux » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:26 am
Pablito,
Oversheeting means your rear lines are too short. There are two ways to make your rear lines longer: 1) sheet out with you sheeting system 2) hook into your chicken loop and push the bar away. If you did both of these then your rear lines are too short. You can test all of this on the ground by tying the lines to a post.
I can't comment on your kites unresponsiveness, depends on the wind. I doubt that your chicken loop is too long. I like a lot of chicken loop. People with short arms like short chicken loops. You can visualize what's happening when you tie your lines to a post. Play with your sheeting system, then play with your chicken loop. It will be obvious if something is out of tune.
Sounds like your kite was way out of tune when before it was oversheeted when the bar was pulled all the way down. The fact that it is oversheeted when you pull the bar mid way down shows improvement. With how it is tuned now, If you synched in on your sheeting system, when you pull on the bar all the way down, you should not lose power (be oversheeted). But I would tune your bar so all lines are of equal length when your sheeting system is fully extened and you are not hooked into the chicken loop and pull on the bar.
-bric