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02.01 Setting Up
Unroll your kite into the wind and
secure it with something that has no
sharp edges and is heavy enough to
hold down the kite for the given wind.
Place the bar far enough away from
all bridle lines on the trailing edge
side of the kite. Make sure that the bar
cannot fall or be pulled into the bridles.
Open the kite and if necessary,
close the deflate valves.
Unroll the lines from your bar
whilst walking away from the kite.
Check your bridle for tangles. Make
sure that none of the lines are caught
around the back of the kite.
Start at the leading edge even-
tually holding up the front lines to
visually check the bridle.
02 HANDLING
When the bridle is sorted out, lay the
front lines to the inside and the steering
lines to the outside. If not, follow the tips
on the “Sorting out the bridle“ chapter.
Sort out your flying lines. Check
for any damage or knots.
Exception:
There is a “stop-
per“ ring that prevents the
bar from sliding up too far
when released.
Tip:
The bridle can
also be checked before
unrolling the flying
lines. It can then be
sorted out quickly.
If the lines are still twisted, untwist
them by turning the bar. It may be pos-
sible (especially after not being careful
when packing away or setting up the
kite) that the bar has to be pushed
through the lines again to untwist.
02.02 Sorting out the bridle
Even a badly tangled bridle can be
quickly sorted out with the right tech-
nique. If the bridle is tangled, it was
probably caused by mistakes made
when packing or setting up the kite.
Roll up your lines onto the bar
until you get close to the mixer
and secure the lines with a half
hitch and/or the bungie cord.
Summary of Contents for VIRON 2
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