Hello all!

First off I hope I'm posting this in the correct section, sorry if not!

I'll get straight to the point, last year I brought a Peter Lynn Hornet 4m 4 line power kite which sat in its bag for an entire year...Finally we took it down to the beach last week for its maiden voyage..

We attatched all lines as shown in the instructions and launched, the first launch was silly as we failed to remember not to launch into direct wind and ended flat on our face.

However when we did find an easier angle to launch at, the kite seemed to want to do nothing more than spin uncontrollably and then bounce along the floor dragging us up the beach with it!

When it was straight for a few seconds it was a battle to keep it from spinning again!

We were stumped as to what the problem was...was it a fault on the kite, fault on the line setup, were we flying in too strong a wind or do we simply need to practice flying the thing?

It was almost impossible to pull back on the handles due to the ammount of power the kite was pulling at so possibly the wind had something to do with it?

Sorry if this is a difficult to answer or silly question but we are new to power kite flying !

Hope there is a simple solution

Thanks!

could be twisted bridles or maybe u didnt attatch lines correctly ,maybe just way too much wind--find a kite shop or an xperienced kiter to take a look at it.........

You probably are holding the handles wrong and applying brake to one side.

There should be slack on the back lines unless you are applying brake.

the bridle could be caught on something... a brake line...

try again in lighter winds... for a 4m, i would say around 8-10 mph winds to test it out in....

Thanks guys I'll take it out in a lower wind and then if that doesn't help I'll re check all of the lines

step 1 should be checking all your lines are the same length

The right time to check your gear is BEFORE you fly !

If all else fails try flying it as a 2 line and go from there.

Yep, I'm pretty sure if you fly it with two lines, it will probably work. To me is sounds like the break lines are two short.

First off check to see if all the lines are equal and make sure the power lines are on top and brake on bottom of the handles. Launch the kite in lighter winds to the side of the window. Be sure to keep your hands even or the kite will spin or turn if not. Most kite fly best if there is slack on the brake lines.

If you know of someone who flys ask them for some help.

Let us know how it goes next time out.

Susan (npw goddess)