Ozone R1 Front Stall Kite Fix

17/04/2024

2mm fibreglass rod x 4 between A1-B1 and then usually A5-B5 or wherever the next vent is on the smaller kites. It adds bu**er all weight, but makes your kite so stable afterwards you will never regret it.

29/08/2022

Some of my original fixes were not quite enough after a while. The kite wouldn’t have a frontal collapse anymore, however the kite would fold in on one side. Not a problem though, once I add extra modifications in key areas, the kite bounces back and performs like it should, and more importantly you can trust your kite to behave so it will no longer be a limiting factor in your quest for greatness!!

*Any kite that I fix will get the full modification

28/07/2022

https://ozonekites.com/sports/racing/r1-pit-stop/?fbclid=IwAR2S_d44UpxPtmvTLTd7WR5dX9b1gn8EqzC2ybFGaNVUwIzRUqMZoFkwJ1k

Extremely valuable resource for resetting and trimming your kites and bridles.
If you find your kite still inverts once you have balanced everything out (highly likely)- All may not be lost. I’ve been able to bring back some really beat up kites 😎.

https://vimeo.com/424233475 https://vimeo.com/685417349/f5e333df43 https://vimeo.com/424437355 https://vimeo.com/424434919

19/07/2021

I generally don’t “measure” the bridles. Instead I will remove the speed system from the equation. Then I will compare all the knots in the A,B,C bridles, there should be 6 even at every split (second photo) sometimes there should be 12 even. Check with the Ozone bridle line lengths guide. In the 3rd photo here I should have 6 even and then another 6 knots 5mm away from the first 6. Instead though you can see that the A bridles have stretched(or the others have shrunk, I’m not here to argue) to rectify this quickly (as I was racing later in the day) I have spliced some line up through the centre of the bridle line until they lined up with the other knots. A better repair would be to re-splice the loop.
The K row bridles, if they are uneven or causing you issues you will have to measure them. Or compare them to a known good kite of the same size. I have found small anomalies make a big difference in the K row for some reason. If it’s out more than 5mm. Fix it

27/04/2021

100% success rate so far out of 3 R1V2s and 5 R1V3s
Latest one was an 11mV3 that had a tangle with a sign post very early in its racing life. Not long after that it started collapsing. Upon checking bridles and internals I found 9 bridles out of spec because they were ripped and repaired using the measurements from Ozone factory( which are not correct 🤷‍♂️) I replaced 9 bridle lines, modified the speed system and added my front stall modification and now the new Proud owner is stoked because he is mixing it with the front pack again.

21/04/2021

Something you probably didn’t know.
The bridle line lengths given in the official Ozone R1v2 and R1v3 online PDF are not the actual lengths of the bridle lines once they are spliced. The actual length is usually around 10-12mm difference from the official length. Given there are 4 lengths along some of the K row that equates to 40-50mm difference from what the factory tells you they should be.
🤷‍♂️uncool!!

21/04/2021

This is the First kite to get the front stall mod and it hasn’t skipped a beat since. The bridles were changed for new ones twice and by the time this video was taken, it would play up on the first tack. Before the mod, it caused many long swims and walks of shame. Now it spends endless hours staying in the air and behaving like a real race winning kite should.
R1V3 15m D.O.M Dec 2018

21/04/2021

Some of the repairs I have done, mostly on my own kites. The orange kite was the first R1 Kite that I have ever owned, bought it well used/second hand and it started the dreaded front stall about a month out from Nationals 2018. Only 2ish years old. I still have it but I have removed the bridles to fix other kites. It may make a come back, we will see how we go for time. I have only just worked out how to fix the front stall January 2021 so this kite is probably rotten by now