I've seen seized swivels on many brands (inc SS), but they can usually be freed up again with some Inox or WD40. We sell SS kites and I've never replaced a broken swivel. We demoed the Mutiny kite 2 years ago, the swivel is almost identical to the SS one, Ollie the designer came to the Corona with us, and he left us one of the kites, so we do know that the swivels are extremely similar. I have seen the SS ones break but not the Mutiny. They all only work marginally and are a huge "face wacker" that sits above the bar and that also creates a tangle hazard during a relaunch or if the lines go slack in a luff. Constant maintenance is the only way to keep these large swivels from seizing, and they will all sieze eventually. No they are not the same, but they are very, very similar. It does not matter if the centre lines have several twists in them, the kite will still flag out in an emergency. Another option is to learn to loop/spin both ways. Once I've launched I move my leash from the flag out line to the ring inside the chicken loop so that I can spin the top hat either way and don't have the leash wrapping. The contact bar top hat does not unspin lines automatically, you just do it as you have, manually as you ride along. Other kites I've used in the past have untwisted very easily. Does anybody find the same problem with these bars? Does it matter that the center line remain twisted? I guess after multiple backloop attempts the lines wold be twisted quite a way up from the bar. Tried back loops for the first time down at Woody's Point yesterday and found that the center lines would not untwist on their own would have to twist the swivel manually whilst sailing along.
Have been flying Ozone Catalysts for a year now and love them.
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