Still working on my little basement cleaning project, and look what I found! Four brand new – or at least never flown – Jazz’es by Prism Kites. Leftovers from my tiny kite shop that faded away ten years ago.
So… what to do with these kites? Well, stacking them of course!
So I headed over to my Chromebook, opened Facebook and navigated to the Sport Kite Stacks group asking a few questions.
- How long are the stack lines supposed to be?
- Should the distance between the kites be equal?
- Do I need a stack line for the centre tees too?
It didn’t take long before Torben W replied…
- Stacking lines: 1,2 to 1,5 times the length of the leading edge
- Distance between the kites: Yes, all the same length
- Center tee: Yes, for the Center-T as well
He also gave me some more information.
Little hint: use pigtails on every knotting point and add a knots ladder at the Upper knotting point of the last kite, so can adjust the angle of attack for the last kite…. That’s to stabilise the stack.
Nice!
Now I think I have it all down to start my little kite stacking project so this morning I made myself a large cup of coffee and started to make the pigtail for connecting the stacking lines between the kites.
![Pigtails in a mess](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_104039352-1024x576.jpg)
![The pigtails a little more organized](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_104050040-576x1024.jpg)
So now the next step in this project is to make the stacking lines, but first, there’s some more house redecorating to be done!
Updated July 15th at 15:05
I found some time to put the initial five pigtails on the first kite of the stack. Looking like this.
![Pigtail at the upper spreader fitting](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_145502019-576x1024.jpg)
![Pigtail at the lower spreader fitting](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_145509130-576x1024.jpg)
![Pigtail at the center tee](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_145517790-1024x576.jpg)
Updated July 15th at 17:35
Bridle removed from kite #2!
![Kite #2 stripped of its bridle](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_152458222-1024x576.jpg)
![No bridle at the upper spreader](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_152501373-1024x576.jpg)
![...and all clear at the center tee](https://kites.aerialis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210715_152505646-1024x576.jpg)
Updated July 15th at 21:55
I’ve been quite busy today, multitasking, house redecorating and completing the stack! How about that?!
Here are a handful of new photos from the evening!