SELF LANDING KITE

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waveman48
waveman48
1 posts
1 posts
7 Jan 2014 7:23am
Hi

I have been learning to kite and am just getting up on the board and am happy with the progress after
much frustration.

When I am self landing, I drop the kite to the beach on its wing tip in neutral and then I pull on the upper centre line
BUT the kite does a 180 degree roll and sits upside down [ hope that makes sense ] instead of just flopping over and down

I still have control and so I just walk up the centre lines and flip the kite over.

I am clearly doing something wrong but I cannot find out what. the vid's on U tube don't really help.

Anyone offer some advice please

regards

Teddy
Puetz
Puetz
NT
2186 posts
NT, 2186 posts
7 Jan 2014 8:59am
... depends on what kite you have to how it behaves, so what kite is it?
BennyB12
BennyB12
QLD
918 posts
QLD, 918 posts
7 Jan 2014 9:41am
Sounds like you're self landing just fine.... There's really no need to yank the top line and try and sit the kite down.. 9 times out of ten if its too windy it'll just power up and take off again... I just walk up the lines holding both gradually walking upwind at the same time... I have no probs ever even in the strong stuff.....
Smithy
Smithy
VIC
859 posts
Rolls
Rolls
VIC
48 posts
VIC, 48 posts
11 Jan 2014 1:03am
Try also walking upwind slightly as it lands and you're pulling the top line.
dunk
dunk
WA
88 posts
WA, 88 posts
10 Jan 2014 10:31pm
The walking upwind thing is the key!
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