{"id":2371,"date":"2015-02-04T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T11:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/de\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:45:24","slug":"modifikationen-zur-verbesserung-eines-zero-1-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/modifications-zero11-kite\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving a kite: zero 1.1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the countless sketches showing the prints on the sail: Instructions and tips for use, brand and license, name and contact of the pilot, etc. In the end, the kite in the production series looked completely different, of course. \u00a9 Thomas Horvath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

The modifications<\/h2>\r\nThere are options to modify a zero 1.1<\/strong> first series kite for enhanced synergetic performance. This kite was licensed to Volango-Kitewalker some time ago. It was white with a lot of text printed on the sail. The last series were orange.\r\n\r\nMost copies of Horvath-Kites don't consider the centering of the spine rod or tube either, and the exact symmetry<\/a> out of the factory is random.\r\n\r\n
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The nose detail for a consistent symmetry<\/h3>\r\n\"nose\r\n\r\nThe original nose detail: The spine is moving left and right, making the kite instable in stronger winds.\r\n\r\n\"new\r\n\r\nMake an accurate fixation of the spine: 4 holes very close to the center line instead of the 2 holes in the series.\r\n\r\n\"preparing\r\n\r\nThe core of a bridle line and the outer coating (the outer part of any bridle line): Separate the coating in order to get a soft line with good grip. The length is around 180 mm, you will shorten the line when the nose detail is finished.\r\n\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nMake a solid flange at one end of the line, using pliers and a lighter.\r\n\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nMake a loop exactly as shown. We call this thing a \"pen loop\".\r\n\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nTighten the loop around a pen. The stronger the more reliable the sail tension along the spine will be in flight.\r\n\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nThe nose tensioning line goes through all 4 holes as shown.\r\n\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nThe nose piece is cut to be open at the tip to enable inserting of the line 2 times.\r\n\r\n\"rear\r\n\r\nNow pulling the line towards the front of the kite will tension the sail along the spine. Zero tension is beautiful and best, just smooth out the last folds in the sail. Stronger tension will bend the spine, resulting in a more agile behavior of the kite, but don't overdo.\r\n\r\n\"front\r\n\r\nThe vinyl cap is optional, just to smooth out the look a bit.\r\n\r\n \r\n

Shifting the leading edge connectors<\/h3>\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nPush the leading edge connectors down by 1 cm. This will tension the x-line, while the sail will become looser.\r\n\r\n\"the\r\n\r\nThe new position is 1 cm or a bit lower<\/strong> than in zero 1.1 kites of some series.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Option: flying the kite with a tail<\/h2>\r\nIf you like very long kite tails as we do, make 2 small holes at the stern of the kite, on each side of the spine and attach a short line with a knot at the end. The detail is looking similar to the nose. Now the kite is prepared for flying with a long tail.\r\n\r\nThe tail can be excessively long if you take a light material with low drag. Something like 100 m of vhs or wider video-tape, it's floating by itself. The kite isn't loaded by additional weight. The \"urban ninja\" loves long kite tails in a slight wind<\/a> too. Upon request, we have beautiful long white kite tails in stock, good for the urban ninja and larger kites, but not for smaller ones.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The licensed no-wind-kite \"zero 1.1\" is not being produced anymore, but you can find it in kite-shops worldwide. To enjoy a good flight, you can modify the kite and also, it wouldn't hurt to check the symmetry of the sail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"class_list":["post-2371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-make"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12666,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions\/12666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}