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knatti

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Puncture - repair tips?
« on: April 20, 2020, 06:50:59 pm »
Today at the lake i noticed that the wing was loosing pressure and found bubbles near the area where the leash is connected.

I read the duotone manual, in short:
  • a string around the bladder
  • unscrew valve
  • pull the bladder out
  • fix it (my kit looks like a bike puncture kit)
  • pull the bladder back in without twisting

Is it rather straight forward?
Any mistakes beginners always do?

Thanks

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Re: Puncture - repair tips?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2020, 02:59:04 am »
I did one myself and found this helpful:


String around the bladder crucial as well as not twisting upon reinstall.   I would add inspect to see what may have caused the leak, as in make sure there is nothing sharp that will re-puncture.

I'm a newbie with kites so my input could be nonsense.

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Re: Puncture - repair tips?
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2020, 07:58:44 pm »
Thanks for the video, I found some others, and it is more or less like repairing a kite, just you have to find some string instead of the kite lines.

I also found a small rip in the canopy (about 1cm long). Should I use the supplied sticker in the repair kit or do you use other brands? Recommendations?


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Re: Puncture - repair tips?
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2020, 08:15:29 am »
Just to (hopefully) finish this topic

I had 2 more punctures just next to the others, around the middle. I tried to look for anything inside through the valve hole, but could not find anything. So if there was something inside I tried to shake it out towards the wingtips. I also checked the leash but could not find anything.

The hole in the canopy was repaired with spinnaker tape on both sides.
 

 

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