Your steering lines have shrunk, not the center lines stretched

Yes, from the end of the pigtails.

Seems like the front line pigtails have stretched. you can see a narrowing in the stretched section. They are meant to be the same length as the rear line pigtails.

SavageCarrot said..
Seems like the front line pigtails have stretched. you can see a narrowing in the stretched section. They are meant to be the same length as the rear line pigtails.

That looks like a really **** splice. Are you sure those aren't DIY?

snalberski said.
Probably the lines would have all been equal length originally and the pigtails likewise. Calibration could have been done with or without the pigtails attached. Now there is inequality in the lengths you'll need to include the pigtails in the calibration.
Just move the knot or add a knot to make all to the required length to tune the bar. It doesn't really matter if lines are stretched or shrunk as long as the bar is calibrated, and utilizing different anchor locations on pigtails is a simple way to achieve that.

Thanks. This is exactly what I did

Kamikuza said..

SavageCarrot said..
No. They are the originals from Core.

That's a knot on the center lines? It looks like the bury on the splice has failed somehow and the knot has started sliding, or the line has stretched.

Looks really crap to me, too short to be safe. Make your own and do it properly.

If you look at the Core website: store.corekites.com/collections/sensor-2-spare-parts/products/sensor-esp-connector-set

They only splice on one end where they have loops to knots. If I remember correctly that's the front line connection so its less likely to shrink anyway as it will have most tension whilst flying. Remember that the knot is to stop the loops on the kite slipping off so the breaking strain shouldn't be affected by adding a knot. Given how thick those connectors are, you could possibly get away with moving the knots but for the cost you might as well replace (might be worth checking the lines too at the same time though).

The genuine core ones are stitched on the splice. Do you think its worth stitching? I assume it's to stop the splice from moving when you regularly remove and add the pigtails to take line extensions on and off?