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Pierre 
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 Topic: Spiros twins Osprey picsPosted: 27 Mar 06 at 2:01pm |
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Good point Paul. I'll have a squiz...
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jeffers
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Posted: 27 Mar 06 at 1:53pm |
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Mike P over on the Fastsail site did some a year or so back Pierre. Might be worth seeing if they are still there and bringing them over.
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Paul
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Pierre
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Posted: 27 Mar 06 at 1:41pm |
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So has anybody got any diagrams?
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kasey3000
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Posted: 27 Mar 06 at 1:34pm |
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If Mark says go twin pole...go twin pole! He sails the Kestrel against me, and we use single on the Kestrel. So he must have found a better system in the twin... |
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Posted: 27 Mar 06 at 1:07pm |
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I had twin poles on my Hornet too and they worked a treat, quick to launch gybe and drop. The crew could launch and release the pole from the wire and the kite could be used single handed. My set up was home brew and pretty cheap to do. |
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 27 Mar 06 at 12:56pm |
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Had twin poles in my Hornet. Loved it, probably cheaper than a a single spiro if you do it right, super quick launches and even makes it possible for the helm to launch the kite. |
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Pierre
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Posted: 27 Mar 06 at 12:54pm |
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Never seen them on an Osprey, well not recently, but the Javelin fleet have a couple of boats that have twin poles. You might want to stick this question on the Fast Sail site as well. Lots of opinions there.
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charlie w
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Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 10:25pm |
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Agree - spiros are traditionally favoured by some 505 crews - as you can keep the weight further back during the launch. However the only reason to go for twinned spiros would be if you had an automatic way of picking up the spinney sheets (spiro launcher rope goes straight through the pole, ot the other end, and has a metal ring on the sheet. That is complex - and expensive. One thought, though. If you do go for it, you don't need to double up on shotty in the boom, as you are only launching 1 pole at a time, you can double end it.
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Quality never goes out of fashion.
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Isis
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Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 10:24pm |
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When in doubt, gadgetise
 or keep it REALLY simple... but never in the middle... no... never in the middle  |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 9:44pm |
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The Spiro launchers seem to work really well on the 505.
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