Water Relaunch, help !

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Flux
Flux
WA
533 posts
WA, 533 posts
18 Oct 2006 6:00pm
Hi need help,
Just wondering what is the best way to relaunch when kite crashes with leading edge down and facing up wind(top canopy facing upwind),(for "C" type inflatables)any tips or ideas would be cool as I need 'em. Also the differences in this senario in 4/5 line as I have one of each
I find this is heaps harder in the surf too, for obvious reasons , waves crashing on the kite.

Cheers
BrisKites
BrisKites
QLD
1293 posts
QLD, 1293 posts
18 Oct 2006 8:14pm
pull one of your back lines hand over hand until the other tip catches wind. Then let go of the line and the kite should complete it's rotation and fill with wind. Be carefull the opposite line doesn't go over the back of the kite. If it starts to then stop and try again with the other side.

Jason
Flux
Flux
WA
533 posts
WA, 533 posts
18 Oct 2006 6:32pm
Sounds a lot easier than I found it , tried doing that, must still be doing something wrong as kite was twisting like a spastic.
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
18 Oct 2006 8:55pm
Do you mean it looks like this from your point of view?

Basically you need to spin it round like BrisKites said, but pulling in lots of line can get ugly fast, especially in any wind

I have not seen a kite land like that often (usually only from a luff in light wind) but your best bet would be pull the right side of the bar and swim away from it to the right

5th line wont help you with this one...

Oh yeah, any try REALLY hard not to crash like this in the surf...
Macca Wollongong
Macca Wollongong
NSW
295 posts
NSW, 295 posts
19 Oct 2006 11:36am
i found it easy in the surf with my instinct, as soon as it went over an unbroken wave up it went ;)

You could alway get someone to flip it over for you. much harder
Eye of the storm
Eye of the storm
QLD
131 posts
QLD, 131 posts
19 Oct 2006 7:46pm
Try grabing the middle lines and pulling them towards yourself then letting go and swimming hard at the kite. In the the surf i often find myself using my board like a hand surfer and catching waves towards the kite. I used to have probs with high aspect kites but now fly a wind wing rage 2 on 4 lines(mid aspect) and it pretty much relaunches just by thinking about it.
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