TROY LEE - 18-10-2011 at 12:43 PM
HI ALL IM RATHER NEW TO THE SPORT ...GOT MY KITE ABOUT A WEEK AGO.... HAD THE HONOR OF FLYING IT THE WEEKEND... A BIT SCARY... FLEW IT AGAIN TODAY AND
ITS NOW REALY GROWING ON ME... I HAVE THE TWISTER 2R 4.1 ...
DONT KNOW IF ITS A GOOD KITE OR A BAD MATRES HOPE SOME OF THE MORE EXPERIANCED PPL COULD INFORM ME ON THAT ?
THEN I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE KITE'S BEHAVIOR... WHEN I LAUNCH IT IT GOES UP TO ZENITH OVER MY HEAD AND DIES ....LITRELAY DROPS OUT OF THE SKY
LIKE A BRICK... DOES IT REQUIRE TUNING?
PLZ HELP
THX TROY LEE FROM SOUF EFFRICA... WHERE THE LIONS ROAM FREE....:wee:
macboy - 18-10-2011 at 01:03 PM
Welcome! You've found just the right place for your new addiction. Even better, there's a good handful of Twister fans/fliers here so you're gonna get
all kinds of kite-specific tips here. I'll offer this - the control will become second nature to you over tim, just keep flying. When the kite is
shooting up to the zenith (or anywhere along the edge of the window for that matter) just feed a little brake input evenly to both lines and it'll
prevent it from overshooting. Essentially what happens here sis the kite uses its momentum to over fly, then exposing the top surface to the wind
which slaps it down and generally makes messes of things.
TROY LEE - 18-10-2011 at 01:11 PM
kewl thanx i gues like every thing itcomes with practice....which comes with failure and pain be it physical(which i must say im feeling at the
moment) or emotional (which i felt afte the kite droped to the ground like a rock) lol im starting off with the standerd procedure following the
un-writen manual... step one set up kit step 2 try and launch kite....(urgh!!!) step 3 crash kite .... step 4 launch kite again(after detangling al
the ropes....) step 5 get my arse draged across the socer field ..... o so much funn it should be ilegal!!!:tumble:
Kamikuza - 18-10-2011 at 05:24 PM
Welcome!
You've got Ced in S.A. too, he's on the arcusers.net if you want to get on the water ...!
lucky_13 - 18-10-2011 at 05:28 PM
welcome!!!! its a very addictive sport isnt it
.. i have the same kite and it
did the same thing to me what i did is i tie another knot about an inch behind the original knot on the handle line top (power line) ...hook up
your line from the kite behind your new knot on ur handles and hang on lol it will fly wayyyyyy better at least mine did
lucky_13 - 18-10-2011 at 05:30 PM
oh make sure u do it on both handles in the same spot (equal)
Bladerunner - 18-10-2011 at 05:59 PM
Go to www.coastalwindsports.com and read what Angus has put together for tutorials. It will help you a lot.
www.kitesurfingschool.org as well .