Just wondering about the order of how you lay out and pack up your kite. if you para-pack, you have to lay out lines first and pack up kite first.
What about the rest?kitejumper - 11-9-2009 at 05:37 AM
im a para packer thru and thruErics - 11-9-2009 at 05:44 AM
I parapack unless the kite is wet when handel wrap to lay out kite in utility room to dry when I get home.Kamikuza - 11-9-2009 at 05:48 AM
What do you mean, lay out lines first?
When I finished my session I put a stake in or head back to the one I left in the ground,
land the kite,
brake lines around the stake,
go get my bag,
drag the kite up-wind so the bridle can be put in the velcro straps neatly,
put the bag on the trailing edge,
fold one tip in then halve it etc etc until the kite is nicely pack sized,
put the kite in the pack by my secret method that provides easy & perfect parapacking ok you twisted my arm so the lines can go down the back,
hold lines,
walk back to the handles,
para-pack with small stuffs,
put the handles down the front of the bag,
wrap the KKs around the top handle on the pack so they don't fester,
go back to the car,
remember I forgot the stake,
go back and get that,
check I haven't left anything vital nor any garbage,
go home.
Easy! Maven454 - 11-9-2009 at 06:06 AM
I don't parapack, but packing the kite than the lines, unpacking the lines than the kite is the easy way to do it.Scudley - 11-9-2009 at 06:08 AM
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Originally posted by Kamikuza
What do you mean, lay out lines first?
Some take the kite out of the bag and then unwind the lines. Some unwind the lines then take the kite out of the bag. If you para-pack, you have
deal with the lines first. If you wind, you can do either.Drewculous - 11-9-2009 at 06:46 AM
(Props to coastalwindsports!)BeamerBob - 11-9-2009 at 06:51 AM
For me, the kite is last out of the bag and first in. I don't want a kite in the wind without lines to control it with. My lines are unwound and
staked before I take the kite out and unfold it. Doesn't apply to ARCs of course.FloRider - 11-9-2009 at 07:12 AM
I don't care what anybody says, Angus always has good advice.B-Roc - 11-9-2009 at 09:53 AM
Exclusively parapacking for me (shhhh, don't tell anyone... I even parapacked my depowerables).awindofchange - 11-9-2009 at 11:18 AM
I daisy chain my lines - but it is just about the same as parapacking. My system and the way nearly everyone in our Vegas group does their power
kites is:
1) Put stake in ground, pull handles out and lay over stake, brake lines hooked.
2) Lay daisy chain out on ground, untie end knot in daisy chain.
3) Throw kite bag (with kite) down wind as hard as possible - daisy chain pulls out and lines are laid out for you.
4) Go to bag, pull kite out of bag and open it up.
5) Walk back to handles with bag, remove handles from stake, place bag on stake - launch and haul %#$ across the lake bed.
To pack the kite up, it is just a reversal of the above:
1) Land kite, grab bag off of stake, stake brake lines.
2) Go to kite, pull kite upwind, connect bridles, fold and pack kite into bag with lines attached.
3) Daisy chain lines up to handles.
4) Coil up daisy chain wrap extra round chain and handles, stuff into bag and pull out stake - your done.
This method allows me to unpack a kite AND have it in the air - usually less than 1 minute....1.5 minutes if there ever happens to be a snag. Packing
up the kite usually takes about 3-4 minutes....5 minutes if I am flying on 100' lines or longer. I have maybe one tangle every 6 months (if that) and
it usually takes less than 2-3 minutes to straighten out at the longest. The only thing that is a problem is if someone else packs up my kites - then
I don't know what they did and it can take a long time to get the tangles our mess sorted out. With our huge mass of demo kites, many of them get
packed up in different ways after people use them and it can be a pain at times.
I agree that it is best to leave the kite in the bag and have all your lines run out and staked before opening it up - this eliminates the possibility
of the kite self launching and being out of control.furbowski - 11-9-2009 at 11:31 AM
I don't care what anybody says, Angus always has good advice.
I don't care what anyone says, Kent always has good advice too!
:moon:Kamikuza - 11-9-2009 at 06:09 PM
I usually dump the bag in the right place, then walk the lines out cos I am a poor judge of how long my lines are and used to put the stake in the
ground too close to the edge of the field kite comes out of the bag last though.
Ok I am just too lazy to walk further out into the field :D
Really seems to be what works for you, works for you. I have zero problems with parapacking - at worse, I have to do a spin with the handles to
un-cross them and MAYBE the brake lines are over the power lines, but that's it. Recently, I've even (somehow!) managed to avoid those little issues
and just pick up the handles and fly.
I have more problems with my Arcs & C-kite, wrapping the lines around each other when I'm laying them out
