It's great for that!!!

I just received this bar to use mainly with my 2021 Blade 4.9. Haven’t hooked anything up yet to even check it out but I am looking forward to trying it out. So what do you mean by “the kite never comes alive?” Does it launch fine and fly sluggish or not even launch at all? Since I haven’t set mine up I don’t know how all the lines look but I would say extra attention needs to be paid with the break line length. Ideally, the break lines should be fully slacked with the bar all the way out and beginning to have some tension with the bar in a few inches or so. If you have the bar pulled all the way in and the breaks still aren’t engaging you need to shorten your break lines by adding a knot on the bridle break line leaders.

@@nathanthepilot2008 Hi Mate i Kinda worked it out in the end. Very fine adjustments on the brake lines sorted it out. now flies super fast and alive

@@davethejellyfish7457 Oh great! I’m glad you got it all worked out. I’m going to have to wait for some nicer weather before I can work with my set up. I’m encouraged that you’ve had luck with it with some minor adjustments!

@@davethejellyfish7457 what kind of adjustments did you end up making?

@@nathanthepilot2008 Like you said, you have to get the brake lines just right. i added a few more knots to the brake lines so i could shorten them a bit more than stated. but too short and its no good. for me it was lots of trial and error

I have a Hornet 6.0 II that I use for landboarding too, but I found it a bit too powerfull to use it with the handles. So I decided to pick up crossover bar to relieve some of the pressure off of my arms. I have yet to test out the setup but I'll let you know how it preforms.

@@Mau_S thanks i waiting a short review, yes its hard to fly with handless to much pressure on arms

I just tucked the handles over a roll to my harness, works.perfektly fine, just a rope to the upper sling on the handles and off you go!

@@Mau_S did you test it tell us few words how its working and it is good upgrade?

zokizo33 Hey man, sorry for the late reply. I’ve since tested out the bar with the standard lines that came with the kite and have noticed the following: After launching the kite for the first time I noticed the significant amount of slack on the brake lines making it near impossible to steer the kite. I had to trim them with about 3-4 inches by creating additional knots. Once I had some tension on the brake lines the kite would finally respond. The kite turns a little slower compared to using handles. And unlike with a traditional de-power bar you’ll find yourself pushing the bar out in order to get a decent pull/lift. The downside of this is that you won’t be able to steer the kite as much during the pull because of the reduced tension on the brake lines in the pushed out position. The bar comes with two safety systems which work great. The do exactly as intended. The only thing I was missing was a place in the chickenloop for me to connect a kite leash to. Ejecting the chickenloop means completely detaching yourself from the kite. Relaunching the kite was fairly easy aswell. The reason behind the purchase was to relieve the pressure off my arms, which it did perfectly. I could fly the kite for a longer period of time and the bar was stable enough to be flown with one hand if necessary. My conclusion: It’s a nice accessory. It has a small learning curve but does what it’s supposed to. But like the other guy said, connecting a rope to the top lines of your handles and hooking in to your harness would do the job just fine. However, if you value safety and want to be a little more nimble I feel like it would be a good addition to your setup, especially if you’re ever considering buying a more lift focused kite (on that doesn’t require a lot of turns in order to create a bit of pull/lift).

Hi Mark, I have closed shop, i do have a 3.5 skydog powerfoil left at this time. I also have a 3.5m, 4m, 5m, 6m Cross Kites Sonic (look for sonic video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXnZmmSKgNukirM . All are very reduced. shoot me an email. mike at bigmikeskites dot com

@@BigMikesKites Thanks will have a look 👍

Just bought on to try with but not used it yet. I'm guessing it will only work well with kites that like to fly with pressure on the brake lines (which I'm not sure mine do).

hi mr x do you wanna sell bar?

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Peter Lynn has phased out this kite in its natural evolution of new kites. I recently sold my last 8.5m and the smaller sizes have been gone for about 6 months now.

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Peter Lynn has phased out this kite in its natural evolution of new kites. I recently sold my last 8.5m and the smaller sizes have been gone for about 6 months now. If you are looking to buggy... I have some available options. Please look over www.bigmikeskites.com and shoot me an email.

Would you advice to buy the 2m as a first 4-line kite? The 3m seems to me to get too unwieldly pretty fast with winds of 3 or even higher Bft. We often of 3 or 4 where I live and 5 is also not to seldom. 6 and above does happen, but not that often.

No, the SkyDog series of kites is considered a beginner-intermediate level of kite. They are great kites and come in many different sizes. Choose the smaller sizes for higher winds, larger sizes for lighter winds. Here in Dallas, I have something in the 2-3m range for higher winds, and 5m for lighter winds. So a 1.8m or 2.6 in this case and a 5m. bigmikeskites.com/collections/brand_skydog-1/products/skydog-powerfoil