One-Person Mobile Kite Reels
Distinguish these from kite-pilot station reels or winches that are generally in fixed position during a flight session.

• Vintage
• Patents
• Plans for DIY one-person bile kite reels
• Fishing reels
• Images
• Sites that sell COTS
• Safety
• Flat versus circular. Consider kite-cart packing of multiple line sets on multiple reels. Will  flat line stows be better for some habits?
• Wearable reels.   Leg-held heels during transportation.
• Limit line to the body.
• Harnessing reel to pilot.
• Tricycle and bicycle wheel conversions to kite reels
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• De-tensioning line before final reeling. Tensed line additively tends to crush the drum. In some situations, the failure could be catastrophic.
• Goggles
• Helmet
• Gloves
• Line inspection
• Packing of the line on the drum
• Implosion or collapse
• Line cutting itself
• Twists in line
• Braided cord
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• Drum
• Line anchoring to reel
• Harness for reel
• Final anchor to kite pilot
• Packed tension
• Line tension before de-tensioning
• De-tensioning methods
• Fairlead
• Line-positioning guide
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Kite reels

• What fishing reels are good for what kind of kiting?
   
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• $30 approx. Our highest capacity reel has movable handles. With one handle in the center, it's a balanced reel that pulls in 12" of line per turn. Placed at the ends, the handles have the leverage to pull in a reluctant kite. 12" x 15" ash and birch plywood. Holds 3000' of 100-lb. or 500' of 500-lb. line. Line not included.    http://www.intothewind.com

He notes: "It's a good idea to leave some 'flesh' to prevent any of the twelve M6 bolts moving towards the centre. It's also a good idea not to wind in a kite line under tension.

The advantage of this reel over a plastic hoop is that under a load, it doesn't implode like plastic ones tend to do - it just gently caves in under the pressure, one or two bolts at a time."

• Plastic
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