Toms Kite Building Site

building your own trickkite

The Frame

Step 7: Glueing the C-clips

Step 6: Tensioning the tips and leech line

Tensioning the sail


1. Cut a piece of bridle line of about 20 cm long.

2. Make a small loop in the bridle line.

3. Place the loop into the FSD-end cap or the split nock and the other end through the hole in the leading edge. Now pull that line to tension the sail until it takes the shape of the leading edge (without wrinkles).

4. Put the kite together (insert all the spreaders and put the stand-offs into place).


The leech line


A. FSD-end cap

1. Pull the leech line to tension the sail nicely (the tension should make the sail look flat without wrinkles)

2. Twist the leech line a couple of times around the FSD-end cap and pull the line in the insertion every round.

3. Place an endcap of 10mm on the de FSD-end cap to hide and seal the lines.

 

B. split nock

1. Pull the leech line to tension the sail nicely (the tension should make the sail look flat without wrinkles)

2. Make a knot at the begin of the split nock and put the rest of the line into the leading edge.

3. Pull the leech line tight and knot it at the knot in the bridle line we used to tension the sail.