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Control System User Manual
Control System User Manual
IMPORTANT!
FOR SETUP OF YOUR CABRINHA KITE, REFER TO YOUR SUPPLIED
KITE USER MANUAL.
IF YOU ARE UNSURE AS TO WHICH KITES ARE COMPATIBLE
WITH THIS CONTROL SYSTEM, PLEASE REFER TO THE KITE/
CONTROL SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY CHART AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT WWW.CABRINHAKITES.COM.
PAUSE!
LAUNCHING
LAUNCHING WITH A PARTNER
1. Before launching, re-familiarize yourself with your Quick Release System in the event that you
must engage them. Make sure you have them properly set up.
2. Next, thoroughly check your lines, your gear, and your launching and landing sites; if all is okay,
you are ready to launch your kite. Be certain your kite is properly inflated; this is imperative to
the re-launchability of your kite.
3. Before you launch, organize a clearly defined release signal that you and your partner both
understand.
4. Connect your Bypass™ leash to the leash attachment point
5. Next, engage the security pin.
6. Have your partner stand with the kite at 100° off of the wind. (FIG 1)
7. Your partner should hold the kite in the middle of the leading edge, with the leading edge
vertical and pointing into the wind.
8. Your partner should stand behind the kite and not to the side or in front of the kite.
9. Also, your partner SHOULD NOT touch the bridle or flying lines.
10. With the control bar in your hands and at chest height, take a few steps back to take the slack
out of the flying lines.
11. Signal your partner to let go of your kite. It is important that your partner lets you steer the kite
out of his or her hands.
12. CAUTION: Your partner SHOULD NOT throw the kite into the air. Instruct him/her against
doing this BEFORE you launch. When the kite is thrown into the air, it hinders the ability of the
kite to launch properly. When thrown, the kite may either launch too abruptly and powerfully or
it may not launch at all. It is potentially a very dangerous way to launch.
13. Once your partner lets go of the kite, have him/her move upwind of you and out of your
way.
14. SLOWLY steer the kite to the edge of the power window. DO NOT make any abrupt motions.
The slower you steer the kite, the more in control you will be.
15. With the kite at the edge of the power window and the wind at your back, walk slowly to the
water’s edge, keeping in constant check with the kite. You should know what the kite is doing
at all times.
16. If anything goes wrong with the launch, you should be ready to push the control bar away to
depower the kite.
17. CAUTION: the more wind there is during your launch, the faster everything will happen. That
is why it is important that you launch the kite slowly.
RIDER
SAFER
SAFER
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS:
DO NOT SET YOUR KITE FOR A
STRAIGHT DOWNWIND LAUNCH.
FIG. 1
