Kite Repair expert needed

Johnny W. · Post by **Johnny W.** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:26 pm

Howdy, I have a 17M fuel one pump with a leak in the main section. I am not good at one pump kite repairs and would be more than happy to pay for services rendered. I live out west in the wayzata area and could meet you sometime in the evening. Thanks for you help!

Johnny Whitaker
612 240 1819

johnz · Post by **johnz** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:53 pm

Yeah, me too.

I blew up the LE bladder on my 16 m2 Octane Sunday.

Does anyone have any thoughts re staying with a Slingshot (latex) bladder or doing one from Airtime (they are yellow and some sort of polyurethane)?

Any tricks on connecting/reconnecting all the one-pump shiznit?

Thanks,

- John Z.

johnz · Post by **johnz** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:02 am

Here is a link to a pretty detailed summary re repairing bladders:
http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopi ... der+repair

Scroll down to about the 9th entry.

In my case, SS doesn't sell replacements (even though this is an '06), so you have to go to Airtime. They want $150 for a 'generic' 35' leading edge and a kit which consists of a bunch of stick-on nipples.

I figure by the time I locate all of those in the right place, I might as well try the repair - I've had mixed succes in the past.

Just a thought...