Airush Lift - High Y Conversion

The Airush Lift features a Low/High-Y conversion ring which allows your Airush bar to change the performance of your Lift kite. This High-Y configuration preference enhances depower & control of the kite.
Ring Conversion Kit for Low / High-Y On Airush Control Bar
Suitable for any Airush 4-line bar, for models 2016 onwards.
Step by Step Tutorial
Find an area where you can fully extend your lines out straight with no obstructions.
1. Lay your bar down with the lines fully extended.
2. Walk the lines out to detangle as you would to attach your kite.
3. Once all four lines are separated, identify the front line that is attached to the red safety line. This line is the landing line. It is critical that you use the landing line.
4. Follow the landing line up to the 9m connection point.
5. Pull the upper line through and disconnect the blue pigtail, so that the lines are now disconnected. Take the ring and slide it onto the lower line.
6. Take the upper landing line back through its loop on the lower landing line. (When correctly installed the ring should sit perpendicular to the line.)
7. Reattach the blue pigtail and walk the line out again.
8. At the kite end of the bar, take the other front line and walk it back to the 9m connection point.
9. Remove the pigtail, thread the line through the ring and put the pigtail back onto the line.
Now you are ready to connect your High-Y bar to your Lift. If you would like to use the same bar with any other 4-line Airush Kite, all you have to do is pull the line back through the ring, so you have a Low-Y bar again.
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[@fourlines1703]

Good job DK! Make sure you do the 9m as he says, which is the connection furthest from the kite. We accidentally did the 3m extension closer to the kite while rigging it up in a hurry, don't make the same mistake we did!

[@glfmkg]

I have a Lift 9m and 14m and I have now flown both using the high-v configuration - The results are unreal! The stiffness of the canopy in overpowered conditions is unreal. The wind range in this kite is amazing and even more noticeable with this configuration - my only question is that after looping the kite is hard to see which way to spin the center lines as they are so close together that is hard to tell - not a big deal and not sure if this is the case in any high-v bars out there. I just loop it the other way :-)

[@KiteBud]

Thanks for the detailed explanations, will share this with our customers :)

[@zarrelldesign]

If I mod my airush bar and lines with this, could i possibly use it for other high V kite brands like Doutone and Core kites?

[@AirushKiteboarding]

Hi Zarrel, yes that is correct you can

[@Zarrell]

@@AirushKiteboarding Cool, thanks for the response!

[@falchemist1]

great informative video! thx!

[@Sparreager]

How does the Airush Union fly with the High-Y configuration?? I have a set of kites including Lift and the Union and would like not to change around with the bar when shifting kites Thanks!

[@AirushKiteboarding]

The Union V6 was not designed to be flown on the High-Y bar setup, but it is possible to do so, as all the safety features will still be operational. The High-Y will change the forward flying, turning and power delivery characteristics of the kite to varying extents dependent on the kite size and also have an effect on the bar and steering input pressure, again to varying levels dependent on the kite size used on.

[@707rudo]

Didnt have to remove the pigtails while installing the ring.. hope my lines are good.

[@Kiteboardshaper]

Hi Rudi, we actually made the ring that ships with the kites slightly bigger after this video was made, which means there is no need to remove the pigtails during install. Your setup will be FINE! Cheers DK

[@glfmkg]

Awesome, I added the ring and didn't have to remove pigtails as well. It makes it really easy now to go from high-v to low-v as I use the bar with other kites. Would the high-v configuration work with other high-v brands like duotone or core? I'm not changing my kites but would be nice to know. Thank you

[@mmacrobert]

Nice one DK!

[@pwoapthatpwoap]

Does anyone know the size of the O-ring?

[@AirushKiteboarding]

18mm :) Hope that helps

[@joselkite]

Que se gana poniéndole la anilla??

[@Juancar1111181]

Poniendo la Y más cerca de la cometa hace que su estructura sea más rígida y evita el alabeo con lo que gana más en prestación.

[@stefanotrazza]

Why?

[@marcschmid3160]

This High-Y configuration preference enhances depower & control of the kite.