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Control System User Manual
Control System User Manual
LANDING
LANDING A KITE TO YOUR PARTNER
1. Prior to launching, make sure your partner has been instructed on how to land your kite
properly.
2. Also, you should always determine adequate landing spots before you launch your kite.
3. Having done that, make sure that when you are heading toward shore, that your landing
location is still un-crowded and un-obstructed.
4. Never land your kite over, on top of, or near others, especially if they are downwind of you.
You should have an area clear of people, pets, power lines, trees, and other obstructions.
5. As you approach shore, keep your kite low near the water, at the edge of the power
window.
6. Drop down (or step) off your board and body drag the final distance to shore. Do not
approach the shoreline with speed.
7. Slowly steer your kite into the wind and to your partner.
8. Your partner should be on the windward side of your kite as he/she approaches it.
9. Once the kite is nearly touching the ground, your partner should grab the kite at the middle
of the leading edge strut. He/she should grab the kite in the same location on the kite as
when it was launched.
10. Your partner SHOULD NOT grab the kite bridles or flying lines.
11. Your partner should AVOID grabbing the kite by either wing tip or the trailing edge of the
kite. Grabbing the kite by the wing tip or the trailing edge will often cause it to flip or spin;
the kite will also be hard to manage.
12. Once your partner has the kite’s leading edge, he/she should walk the kite away from the
water’s edge.
13. Your partner may either continue to hold the kite or he/she may secure the kite by turning
it over, with the struts down and the leading edge pointed into the wind, and securing it
with sand or sand bags.
14. Once on land, with your kite secured, you may wind up your lines.
RELAUNCHING
• When your kite goes down on the water, know that the
kite may re-launch on its own, often when you do not
expect it to, so be prepared.
• If your kite goes down on its face, with the leading
edge and struts facing the water, you must steer the
kite onto its side in order to re-launch.
• Pull the rear leader line toward your body. Maintain
constant tension on this leader line.
• HINT: Keep your board on your feet and in front of you.
This will slow your forward momentum and increase
the speed of relaunch.
• Once the wingtip begins to lift, the kite will soon roll
onto its side.
• Once on its side, the kite will begin to move toward the
edge of the wind window. You may have to finesse the
kite to the edge of the window; to do this continue to
hold onto the same leader line until the kite wants to
re-launch.
• Sometimes, especially in light wind, you must be
patient as the kite works its way to the edge of the
wind window. Do not get impatient and start pulling on
both sides of the bar. Continue to work the kite to the
original side you chose.
• When the kite is ready to re-launch, release the
leader line and steer the kite up into the sky. Slowly
steer your kite into the sky and level out your bar. Be
prepared to depower the kite by pushing the control
system toward the kite.
CAUTION: Make sure not to wrap the leader line
around your hand and do not allow your body to
get entangled in the lines. You may need to pull as
much as one full meter of leader line in order to lift
the wingtip of the kite.
IMPORTANT CAUTION: Proper inflation of the struts,
especially the leading edge, is imperative for re-
launchability of your kite. Make sure your kite struts are
properly inflated before entering the water.
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