I finally got 2 fly my 5.0 beamer, i got a few jumps in just by meself and not doing anything special, but there was some bad wind , idk if that was the problem but a few times the kite acuttly went past 12 and was behind me, im not that new to flying oower kites, i probally have about 7 hrs of flying time (not a lot but i sorta know what im doing)



but i would of kept flying but with my mntboard (no kite) i went down a pretty steep hill and ive been mntboarding for 3 years, i got speed wobble at around 30mph and i was on pavement and.....ya not good turn out, cant move my right arm and i hugh chunck of my chin was ripped out

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Originally posted by mntboardr893 I finally got 2 fly my 5.0 beamer, i got a few jumps in just by meself and not doing anything special, but there was some bad wind , idk if that was the problem but a few times the kite acuttly went past 12 and was behind me, im not that new to flying oower kites, i probally have about 7 hrs of flying time (not a lot but i sorta know what im doing)

Move the brake lines up one set of knots on the the kite's brake bridles to tighten the brakes. Then see if it overflies. Thre is a lot of adjustment there to play with.

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but i would of kept flying but with my mntboard (no kite) i went down a pretty steep hill and ive been mntboarding for 3 years, i got speed wobble at around 30mph and i was on pavement and.....ya not good turn out, cant move my right arm and i hugh chunck of my chin was ripped out

Can't help with that. Did that as a kid. Was on pavement in winter and went down on the back of my down parka and slid down the hill. Stood up and there were feathers flying everywhere like in a slapstick comedy sketch of a pillow fight.

so like if i tighten the break lines it will mostly adjust the pitch and make it more of a angle so it will fly infront of me..... im just guessing


and the only thing that is bad about were i live is how wind can be just bad and like blow mostly in one direction and then a gust comes from some were else, that happened a few times, the kite deflated and then the wind caught it right in the power zone, that kinda sucks but after i few times i got use 2 it but it can be scary


also i found out this kite can fly in 0mph winds i was flying in a corn feild with out any corn and to the side of me was about a 100ft tree so i could c how much the wind was blowing higer then me, the wind complety died and it stayed up as long as i did a few figre 8's to keep apperant wind then and waited for the wind to pick up

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Originally posted by mntboardr893 so like if i tighten the break lines it will mostly adjust the pitch and make it more of a angle so it will fly infront of me..... im just guessing

Guessed right. A little more tension on the brakes will keep it from overflying. Experiment with the bridle settings. Just make sure to put both brake lines at the same place on each of the bridles. If the brakes end up too tight for your liking, back off and just know that you have to tap them at the zenith oar fligh left or right to avoid a luff.

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and the only thing that is bad about were i live is how wind can be just bad and like blow mostly in one direction and then a gust comes from some were else, that happened a few times, the kite deflated and then the wind caught it right in the power zone, that kinda sucks but after i few times i got use 2 it but it can be scary

And you can often shake out a bow-tie by pulling the handles back and forth vigorously. Just be careful when ti powers up as you have found out

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also i found out this kite can fly in 0mph winds i was flying in a corn feild with out any corn and to the side of me was about a 100ft tree so i could c how much the wind was blowing higer then me, the wind complety died and it stayed up as long as i did a few figre 8's to keep apperant wind then and waited for the wind to pick up

Good for you. Keep it moving and not too close to the edge of the window and you can sit out a lull.

one more thing is.......if the kite deflats and fall the graound.. maybe dose one compleat spin....ill get it back up and the lines are reallly messed up like they will be fine b4 it delfats.....then it falls and dose maybe 1 spin on the way down, i launch ir with the lines like that then i try 2 just spin my whole body to unwind the string, sometimes one break line gets wrapped around a main line......and u cant fix it unless u bring the kite down and take off the break line and unwind it from around the main line

how dose this happen so fast ?

Sounds more like lumpy winds to me.

If you get a brake line wrapped around a main, you can usually get away with taking it to the zenith then flipping the handle around in your hands.

If the kite falls in clump when the wind dies and gets bow-tied, stand and wait for a gust. Then shake the kite out by forcefully yanking/ pushing on alternate handles and you can often get the kite back into shape. Works in the air, too.