Is it Possible...to fly a dual lined kite using four lines?

Is it possible ... to fly a dual-lined sport kite using four lines? Well, let’s find out!
A couple of years ago I got this idea. Is it possible to fly a traditional Japanese Rokkaku using four flying lines? I guess the best way to find out was to give it a go, and so I did!
It worked!
Yeah, I know… it didn’t fly as smoothly and controlled as a proper quad-lined kite, but it was possible! I could fly it forwards, backwards and sideways, I could hover it in the air and even fly it upside down. Big fun!
As always I’d brought my camera and shot a bunch of footage, put it all together in this little video that’s now trending on KZbin (3412 views as of March 23rd 2024).
So inspired by this I got another idea. How about trying the same using a dual-lined sportkite? You know, flying it using four flying lines? Is that even close to possible?
So a few days ago I brought a somewhat modified WSO to the beach along with a couple of quad kite flying line sets. In this video you can check out how it all went!
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[@stevenelliott155]

I think you're onto something here. A bit more tinkering and I reckon you've created a hybrid. Sort of an all round kite.

[@aerialiskites]

Yeah, you might call it a hybrid kite. However, it's far from being perfect. (It probably never will.) It's really unstable in the air, it oversteers a *lot* and you really must compensate for that. But then again... With more tweaks to the bridle, some of this ...unwanted behaviour... might be remedied. I'm pretty sure I've seen a two-to-four line bridle conversion on the Internet somewhere, but I I'm still to find it. Anyway... To be continued!

[@sbrown1953]

One breezy day, we quad flew the original Prism Roll-Up Bag. Bridle correctly, and in enough wind, just about anything is possible!

[@aerialiskites]

Yes, if you bridle it right, everything will fly! ;-)

[@MiQBohlin]

Did you sort out your wireless mic?

[@aerialiskites]

Nope, not yet. I need to do some more testing.

[@aerialiskites]

...and now I think I've fixed it. I did some tweaks to the settings and it seems to work. 👌