salt said...
My new kite has what seems to be a ridiculous feature called "Oh-****" handles.
If were in danger it is far safer to pull the quick release emergency which is always located at your belly button unlike the "oh **** handles" which are located on a bar that may pivot when you try to grab a handle. If were in an emergency and missed the "oh ****" handles the first time it could destroy me! Quick release seems unrivaled in safety.
It seems a feature i will never use.
Can someone illustrate the use of them please/how and when they are most useful?
Also can they aid in self landing? on my Naish i pull one of my my back lines (depending on what side i land on) to self land, however on this new kite (Kahoona V2) they have an attachment on the lines a few metres up making me unable to determine which centre line to pull.
I will however use the emergency line to self land once i find out what side of the kite it is attached to.
Hope this makes sense.
Salt
They are just there to give more options in depowering the kite or flagging it out. Thats because the emergency depower system on your kite does not depower the kite enough in the bigger sizes.
The "red" line does not flag to one front line AFAIK, it flags to both front lines, so be very careful using it to self land, test it on a clean beach in lighter winds.
Put your kite on one side of the window, with a tip on the beach, the pop the safety at the chicken loop.
Or have an experienced rider check the system for you.
If its the red line bar that comes with that kite, it works how I said.
