would be great to know, save the old legsdgkid78 - 19-7-2009 at 03:53 PM
I dunno about Flysurfer. But on my Montana, I just grab the landing handle (the one used for parking the kite on the ground) and the kite lifts off
the ground in reverse and then when it's a couple feet off the ground, pretty much to clear a spin i grab one side of the bar and she turns around.
In low winds, you might have to walk backwards to get this to happen....if she's on the ground in a jumble a little tangled in it's own web, I do a
series on pulling on the center lines and then the handle , until she whips open. Rarely do i walk to the kite unless the bridle is tangled completly
behind kite or it bowties. :bigok:Jovver - 19-7-2009 at 04:11 PM
That's exactly what I do with my Blaze II. Sometimes when holding the brake lines unevenly, it will rise backwards and then flip on its own and then
fall back to the ground because you're still holding the brakes. When Don and I setup his FS Psycho, launching was great and the kite flew great, but
when it crashed and needed to be reverse launched, none of my tricks worked. I was completely stumped. The other problem with running over to the
kite to launch it yourself is that the kite is still inflated for the most part, and what happened to me was the kite started rolling over itself and
wrapping the lines around it. It was quite a PITA to relaunch. Maybe you just have to be good enough to never let it touch the ground when launched!
:D In that case, Don, I hope you get the feel for it real quick!kitejumper - 19-7-2009 at 05:02 PM
well, i hope to get a few shots at it this week ,at least --i'll just keep trying different things till i get it--DenisLaMenace - 19-7-2009 at 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by kitejumper
would be great to know, save the old legs
which model ? because it makes a little diference
pulse, just grap on rear line and it flips on a dime
psycho or speed, grab both rear lines and pull, the kite backstall and when high enough let on line go so it can turnkitejumper - 19-7-2009 at 06:20 PM
its a psycho--thanks, i'll try itjaymzmn - 20-7-2009 at 07:34 AM
ive got a flysurfer rookie2 and i just pull on the webbing connecting the brakes...however, i think a psycho is different.nwsurfwakeskate - 20-7-2009 at 09:03 AM
after the kite is flipped and heading back up to zenith. keep the bar pulled in almost to the point of backstall. the reason for doing that is that it
will make the kite fly slow and have little to no power as it works its way back up to zenith. if you just let it fly up while its depowered it would
likely get going fast enough to yard you!kitejumper - 20-7-2009 at 10:15 AM
yes! and thats exactly what happened!! it went up quickly and i went unexpectedly forward,unpleasant when youre not prepared for it! i'm just glad the
wind was only 10 or i might have gotten hurt pretty bad.... thanks,thats a great tip:singing:powerzone - 20-7-2009 at 09:51 PM
well said Christian... thats why i tune in a little use-able backstall into all my kites.
