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Re: Your opinion: the Aviator harness modified

Postby Michael » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:05 pm

You can't use more than 5-10ft of bungee or else the bird gets slingshot backwards when it hits the end. The right amount of bungee slows it down. Too much, drags it backwards on the ground once it lands at the end!
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Re: Your opinion: the Aviator harness modified

Postby ParrotsForLife » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:55 pm

Michael wrote:You can't use more than 5-10ft of bungee or else the bird gets slingshot backwards when it hits the end. The right amount of bungee slows it down. Too much, drags it backwards on the ground once it lands at the end!

Never thought of that
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