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Place the bladder with the free flow valve in front of or on the
kite. Attach the lines to the bladder ends.
Fold the bladder and use the lines to carefully pull it into the
tube. Close the ends of the tube and the zipper.
Align all the small valves with the corresponding openings in
the tube and push them through.
Make sure that the end of the valves is correctly seated and
cannot slide freely back into the tube!
Secure the hoses to the small valves on the leading edge
with cable ties. Press the clamp on the free flow tube to close
the air outlet.
Screw the free flow valve back into the leading edge with the
special tool (key).
Inflate the kite softly and check its shape (avoid blistering,
warpage, or large wrinkles), repeat the process several times.
Shorten the cable ties and pull the neoprene sleeve over them.
Remove the free-flow hoses on the struts by pushing the
neoprene sleeves to expose the cable ties, and cut all cable ties.
Carefully push the small valves on the leading edge into the
tube.
Open the zipper in the middle of the kite and pull the bladder
out of the tube via this exit. The previously attached lines now
run through the chamber of the leading edge.
After the bladder is extracted completely from the tube, the
lines can be removed and attached to the center of the kite. The
lines stay in the body of the leading edge so that the bladder can
later be pulled through the tube again.
visually check the bladder for leaks.
If the visual inspection
does not produce results, partial areas can be checked with a
sponge moistened with water.
Quick repairs can be carried out on small holes or small cracks
(e.g. by a sharp object) with a
self-adhesive bladder patch
. The
area to be repaired must be clean, dry, and free of grease. It is
advisable to roughen the area to be covered around the hole or
crack.
Check the airtightness of the bladder before pulling it back
into the tube.