Mate before the Flaming begins please go out and use that money saved on getting a free kite to go and get professional lessons. It is a very dangerous sport if you don't know what you are doing, and the CO2 you plan to learn on has out of date safety systems that can get you in alot of trouble if you dont get it right... i Don't by any means mean to discourage you but lessons are a necessity.

But to answer your questions,,, Best getting more up to date gear. The kite you plan on flying is a "C" kite design and these days that design is used by experianced riders only. Newer kites like Hybrid and Bow kites have apparent 100% depower making the learning curve much faster.

More importantly, Ben McCarthy what are you doing with my name?

Even more curious- I learnt on that kite. Are you me from the past? Has the Hadron Atom Smasher torn a black hole in the space-time continuum? Ohhhhnooooo. Why me?

Hi BRMCCART,

The CO2 was a piece of crap when it was new in 2002, it hasn't gotten any better.

Lose the kite and get an instructor. He can at least look at the kite for you and show you where to dispose of it

Seriously though, don't attempt to fly that kite without the closest attention of an experienced Instructor.

Good luck and welcome to the sport

Good winds,