Peter Lynn CrossOver bar. A Second Look

A second look at the new Peter Lynn CrossOver bar. More kites tested than in the original video. Great results.
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[@Rollencrush]

Do you know if the cross over bar would work well for the prism tensor? I would like to get into kite land-boarding and I have two choices. Either have the cross over bar or the harness line fix for the bar. The prism tensor does favor being turned more with the brake lines. However, I’m more concerned with having to add extensions to the main and (or) brake lines. I’ve been traction kiting for a little over a year, so I’m still pretty green.

[@balooa7133]

Hallo Mike, Where do you attach a safety leash on a Peter Lynn Crossover bar? I see in the video that a safety leash is attached to the bar, but I would not know where it is attached to. Does that work by the way when you release the chicken loop? Ah, now I see; it should be attached to the center of the relaunch handle according the manual.

[@zokizo33]

Hi mike, i consider to buy crossover bar for my hornet 6.0 can you please tell me if you have some information, hows these two works together, now i have handless but i wanna upgrade it for my mountainboard, thanks for help

[@Mau_S]

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.

[@zokizo33]

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

[@SGSMusic.]

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!

[@zokizo33]

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

[@Mau_S]

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).

[@JssstMusic]

Good one!! :-)