KYLakeKiter wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq3PB2G7b88
Yeah, definitely have to unwrap the lines first.edt wrote:nice to be able to hold on to a single line is a great technique but you have to unwrap the bar first otherwise it's too complicated. I always drift launch with wrapped bar because my launches are too sketch to lay out the lines. I would never attach anything to me as I drift launch. Too scary.
I think there is a consensus on first unwrapping the line then let the kite drift. So doesn't matter how you wrapped line.chapinkite wrote:Thanks again guys. 5 line kites is where I'm having most trouble unwraping lines. Would you recomend keeping tension on one of the back lines, the 5th line or none?. Thanks again good winds!
I have problems with statements like "there is a consensus with unwrapping all of the lines, then let the kite drift".jeromeL wrote:I think there is a consensus on first unwrapping the line then let the kite drift. So doesn't matter how you wrapped line.chapinkite wrote:Thanks again guys. 5 line kites is where I'm having most trouble unwraping lines. Would you recomend keeping tension on one of the back lines, the 5th line or none?. Thanks again good winds!
I submerge leading edge under water so canopy fills up nicely then let it drift once lines are all the way out downwind.
Other people recommend holding one line while letting the kite drift downwind, on a five line kite I would hold the fifth line.
Recently we had to launch with a spot with no beach/room, we launched each other in the water. Last person did a drift launch but didn't put water on canopy so kite tumbled downwind then it launched and started to deathloop, luckily quick released killed it.
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