Garage Works - 7/12/2025

Long story, but I got my BRM Maliko (v1) 5.1 back -

And I went ahead and got it fitted to the Carbon-EVA bar - feels so good in hand!

But I also set it up for the 2-1 purchase retract.

Easy enough to get it put together -

And after swapping out the small ring I originally bought for one of the rings I salvaged from the windsurfing sails La cut apart, it worked flawlessly.

But without the benefit of steady winds to test the balance of the bridle lines, I wasn't able to get the level of control I wanted from this setup.

I got it changed back to direct connection to the bar.

I'll work on getting the bridle lines balanced and getting a better understanding of how the B line settings work.  

And also getting a harness line setup (I'm picking up a new chest harness that I think may work better for parawinging).

Garage Works - 7/10/2025

Guys are modifying their long bridled parawings.  

With a 2 to 1 purchase pulley system they can collapse and retract their parawings with a halved stroke.

So yes - I now am compelled to do the same.

Will likely do this to the original V1 Maliko parawings.