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Both you and your assistant should then walk towards each other to remove all tension from the flying
lines. Your assistant can either lay the kite down and sand the upper canopy, or hold the kite until you are
unhooked from the bar and safely able to take over the kite
Self Landing the Waroo: Front line OSR
To land your Waroo using the front-line OSR handles, depower the kite fully using the trim strap, undo the
bypass/handlepass leash carabineer on the chickenloop, then reach up and take hold of one of the front
line OSR handles.
When grabbing a front line OSR handle always ensure that the depower strap swivel is un-spun and that
the front lines are untwisted. With the OSR handle firmly in your hand reach down and unhook from the
kite, dropping the bar.
Once released onto a front-line OSR handle, the kite will fall to the ground in the downwind position.
Secure the grab handle to a solid object and work your way down the flying line to secure the kite.
Self Landing the Waroo: Rear line OSR
We always recommend that riders use the front line handles to land their kite if unassisted. The rear line handles are
primarily intended as back up safeties should you be unlucky enough to break a front line or be unable to untangle your
front flying lines.
You must detach the bypass/handlepass leash before attempting to land the kite via the rear line OSR
handles.
Fly your kite to the side of the window leaving the kite at an angle of about fifteen degrees to the
ground, this equates to the lowest wingtip being about 5m from the ground.
With the kite at the edge of the window and the retaining Velcro on the OSR handle already loosened,
sheet-out, reach up and grab the lower of the two OSR handles. With the webbing loop firmly in your
grasp, unhook while holding onto the webbing handle and proceed to drop the bar. The Waroo will fly
slightly to the edge of the window, and then loop under itself, coming to rest on the beach in the dead
downwind position, facing into the wind with the leading edge facing up.
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