djdojo said...
hi and happy new year to all. thanks for helpful responses to earlier posts too.
still very much a beginner. last couple of sessions i've been a bit overpowered and have crashed my 12m xbow3 leading edge down and had it invert. i realise i should steer the board upwind if i anticipate the crash to keep the lines tight, but if it gets inverted, how do i re-launch? just pick one back line and pull? scares me a bit having the other lines floating about and trying to wrap round the bar and my arms.
also, if i keep the bar pressure on, doesn't that make the kits crash at full force?
other threads have said a bit about this and emphasized adequate inflation. when i land/launch other cabs at hampton they always seem less inflated than mine, so i guess this is not the issue. (thanks to the hampton crew who've helped me out with my tangled kite too)
do all bows do this so easily? i think the 2:1 bar complicates it as well.
any tips much appreciated.
Inverted means the struts are on the outside of the kite when it is flying.
Maybe your kite has just rolled through its lines? If it has thats not an invert and you can still safetly fly the kite and it relaunches the same way as usual.
If the kite actually is inverted, see if you can get it to un-invert by partially relaunching and crashing it again and swimming a bit towards it so that it rolls through its lines again, if not relaunch as usual, but be ready to flag the kite to one line (so move the leash to the flagging ring on the front line before attempting a relaunch).
One relauched fly back to beach and sort it out, check LE pressure.
Make sure you are not using the kite in winds beyond its intended range (for 75-80kg riders 25 knots max).
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
