Hi I recently broke both my fibreglass trailing edge battens on my F-one bandit 7. Are they necessary. Do they make much difference to flight characteristics eg drag, flapping ?
Also dose anyone know the exact length of the battens?
Cheers Tony

... try it for ya self with them out and see if it bugs you or is a problem!

Logically thinking, they wouldn't have put them there for nothing so I reckon fix 'em or replace them!

Robbie

performance wise no, better to pull them out though or they'll pearce the canopy like the old rhinos

Replace the battens with some whipper snipper wire. Cheap and robust and probably work just as well. Alternatively you could probably cut some thick zip ties to length and use those.

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Gorgo said..
Replace the battens with some whipper snipper wire. Cheap and robust and probably work just as well. Alternatively you could probably cut some thick zip ties to length and use those.

hope your not implying that his riding is like mowing the grass

These guys should have this spare parts www.m8kite.com/?t=fone in stock a lot are breaking

Trailing edge battens = design fault.

2 cents worth.